Mathematics Teaching, Teacher Education, and Educational Research: Developing “Practical Theorising” in Initial Teacher Education

Author(s):  
Kenneth Ruthven
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-145
Author(s):  
Kevin Smith ◽  
Kimberley Horton

The purpose of this study was to better understand how teachers in Wales differ from their counterparts in England in regard to their engagement with educational research. In 2010, the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) conducted a study of over 4,000 teachers in England. Many of the questions referred to their engagement in forms of educational research. In 2013, the same questions were posed to 216 teachers in Wales. A comparison of the findings indicate teachers in Wales were more likely to have recently undertaken action research than the England teachers. They also found others' research findings more useful in their teaching. Additionally, the teachers in Wales were more likely than England teachers to agree that they know where to find relevant research to inform their teaching and that they are able to understand and use the research. With recent concerns over educational research and initial teacher education (ITE) in Wales, these findings provide insight into how teachers in Wales perceive and engage with education research and may help to inform policies enabling teachers to produce and implement evidencebased practices into their pedagogy.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keli Cristina Conti ◽  
Nayara Katherine Duarte Pinto ◽  
Danielle Alves Martins

<p><strong>Resumo</strong></p><p>O presente trabalho foi desenvolvido com o objetivo de descrever a utilização do jogo Trinca-Espinhas e a criação do jogo Cabo de Guerra Numérico. Essas atividades foram desenvolvidas em um curso de formação de professores indígenas de uma universidade federal e fizeram parte de um projeto de pesquisa intitulado Contribuições do Laboratório de Ensino de Matemática para a formação inicial do professor que ensina matemática. As descrições dos jogos foram realizadas a partir de alguns momentos que analisamos serem produtivos durante as aulas na universidade e no território indígena. Nesse sentido, consideramos que essas atividades oportunizaram momentos de aprendizagem a partir de uma abordagem criativa, lúdica e divertida. Além disso, acreditamos que as reflexões produzidas aqui poderão contribuir para a formação de professores e futuros professores de matemática.</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave</strong></p><p>Educação matemática. Jogos. Uso do computador. Formação inicial de professores. Educação indígena.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Using Mathematical Games as a Pedagogical Proposal in a Context of Intercultural Education for Indigenous Teachers </strong></p><p><strong>Abstracts</strong></p><p>The goal of the present paper is to describe the use of the TrincaEspinhas game, as well as the creation of the ‘Numerical Tug of War’. These activities were developed in a training course for indigenous teachers at a federal university and were part of a research project titled Contribuições do Laboratório de Ensino de Matemática para a formação inicial do professor que ensina matemática [Contributions of the Mathematics Teaching Laboratory to Initial Education for Teachers who Teach Mathematics]. Our description of the games focused on points that we considered productive during the classes at the university and in an indigenous territory. Therefore, we consider that these activities provided participants with learning opportunities through a creative, playful and fun approach. In addition, we believe that the reflections presented here may contribute to the education of teachers and future mathematics teachers of mathematics.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong></p><p>Mathematics education. Games. Computer use. Initial teacher education. Indigenous education.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Uso de juegos matemáticos como propuesta pedagógica en un contexto de formación intercultural para profesores indígenas </strong></p><p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p>El presente trabajo se desarrolló con el objetivo de describir la utilización del juego «Trinca-Espinhas» y la creación del juego «Cabo de Guerra Numérico». Estas actividades se desarrollaron en un curso de formación de profesores indígenas de una universidad federal de Brasil y fueron parte de un proyecto de investigación titulado Contribuições do Laboratório de Ensino de Matemática para a formação inicial do professor que ensina matemática [Contribuciones del Laboratorio de Enseñanza de Matemáticas para la formación inicial del profesor que enseña matemáticas]. Las descripciones de los juegos se realizaron a partir de algunos momentos que, según nuestro análisis, fueron productivos durante las clases en la universidad y en el territorio indígena. En este sentido, consideramos que tales actividades propiciaron momentos de aprendizaje a partir de un enfoque creativo, lúdico y divertido. Además, creemos que las reflexiones aquí realizadas podrán contribuir a la formación de profesores y futuros profesores de matemáticas.</p><p><strong>Palabras clave</strong></p><p>Educación matemática. Juegos. Uso de la computadora. Formación inicial de profesores. Educación indígena.</p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 31-51
Author(s):  
Tina Štemberger

Professional learning is a continuum starting in initial teacher education and persisting throughout the teacher’s career. Initial teacher education programmes should therefore prepare prospective teachers for professional learning via research. There is, however, little knowledge about how initial teacher education programmes educate students about this important subject. The aim of this study was to identify how initial teacher education programmes in Slovenia address the question of empowering prospective teachers with research competence. We analysed all of the initial teacher education programme curricula and established that: (i) overall, more than half of the initial teacher education programmes do not include acquiring research competence as an aim of their study programmes; (ii) the majority of bachelor initial teacher education programmes include courses aimed at gaining research competence, but half of the master’s initial teacher programmes do not provide any courses related to research; and (iii) there is a variety of European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System weightings for educational research courses across initial teacher education programmes in Slovenia.


2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-78
Author(s):  
John Furlong ◽  
Jeremy Griffiths ◽  
Cecilia Hannigan-Davies ◽  
Alma Harris ◽  
Michelle Jones

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