Conference paper
Making mathematics teachers: The beliefs about mathematics and mathematics teaching and learning held by mathematics teacher educators and pre-service teachers
Proceedings of the 12th Delta conference on the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics and statistics, pp.61-70
Delta Conference on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics, 12th (Fremantle, Australia, 24-Nov-2019 - 29-Nov-2019)
Western Sydney University, School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics
2019
Abstract
How pre-service teachers experience the mathematics they are taught at university potentially influences their beliefs about mathematics and hence also how they will teach mathematics when they graduate. This paper explores similarities and differences between the beliefs about mathematics and mathematics teaching and learning held by three groups: university-based mathematics teacher educators who teach either mathematics or mathematics pedagogy and secondary mathematics preservice teachers. Eighty-two academics and twenty-five pre-service teachers were surveyed and the beliefs and differences between the groups were characterised using descriptive statistics and a χ2 (chi square) test of homogeneity. Generally, the respondents had a Problem-solving view of mathematics and mathematics teaching, but there were some differences between the beliefs of the three groups. Where these differences occurred, pre-service teachers, more so than mathematics teacher educators, tended to lean towards Instrumentalist views and traditional teaching practices. These initial findings suggest a need for further exploration of the beliefs and teaching and learning practices experienced by pre-service teachers.
Details
- Title
- Making mathematics teachers: The beliefs about mathematics and mathematics teaching and learning held by mathematics teacher educators and pre-service teachers
- Authors
- Margaret Marshman (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education and Tertiary AccessMerrilyn Goos (Author) - University of Limerick
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 12th Delta conference on the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics and statistics, pp.61-70
- Conference details
- Delta Conference on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics, 12th (Fremantle, Australia, 24-Nov-2019 - 29-Nov-2019)
- Publisher
- Western Sydney University, School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics
- DOI
- 10.26183/5d5f53ed9c926
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99569207002621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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