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Publication Date: 2015
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Theorising about Mathematics Teachers' Professional Knowledge: The Content, Form, Nature, and Course of Teachers' Knowledge
Scheiner, Thorsten
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (38th, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 2015)
The guiding philosophy of this theoretical work lays in the argument that mathematics teachers' professional knowledge is the integration of various knowledge facets derived from different sources including teaching experience and research. This paper goes beyond past trends identifying what the teachers' knowledge is about (content) by providing new perspectives, in particular, on how the knowledge is structured and organised (form), on what teachers' draw on their knowledge (source), and whether the knowledge is stable and coherent or contextually-sensitive and fluid (nature).
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Mathematical Concepts, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mathematics Instruction, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teaching Experience, Teacher Characteristics
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
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