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Publication Date: 2017-Oct
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Negotiating the Essential Tension of Teacher Communities in a Statewide Math Teachers' Circle
Peck, Frederick A.; Erickson, David; Feliciano-Semidei, Ricela; Renga, Ian P.; Roscoe, Matt; Wu, Ke
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (39th, Indianapolis, IN, Oct 5-8, 2017)
Math Teachers' Circles (MTCs) bring math teachers and university mathematicians together to engage in collaborative mathematical activity. Currently there are over 110 MTCs across 40 states. A key claim is that MTCs are "communities of practice." However, to date there has been no research to substantiate this claim. In this paper, we explore the ways in which participants in an MTC negotiate aspects of community formation. [The research reported in this paper was supported by a grant from the University of Montana. For complete proceedings, see ED581294.]
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Activities, Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice, State Programs, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Practices, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Group Dynamics, Conflict, Inservice Teacher Education, Training Methods
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
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