Learning to Teach with Mathematics Textbooks: How Preservice Teachers Interpret and Use Curriculum Materials

2006 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. C. Nicol ◽  
S. M. Crespo
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Learning To Teach ◽  
Curriculum Materials ◽  
Mathematics Textbooks

Teacher Mentoring in Service of Preservice Teachers’ Learning to Teach: Conceptual Bases, Characteristics, and Challenges for Teacher Education Reform

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lily Orland-Barak ◽  
Jian Wang
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Preservice Teacher ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Learning To Teach ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Teacher Mentoring ◽  
Teacher Education Reform

Preservice teacher education programs worldwide are increasingly becoming field based with student teaching as the capstone experience for preservice teacher learning in the program. Consequently, mentor teachers at field-placement program schools are bestowed with new and unique functions to support preservice teachers’ learning to teach, which calls for new conceptualizations of teacher mentoring approaches. This article critically examines the theoretical underpinnings of four existing approaches to teacher mentoring during student teaching, analyzes the focuses and practices associated with each approach, and identifies the major challenges that each approach faces in guiding preservice teachers to learn to teach as expected by the field based teacher education reforms. Finally, it proposes an integrated approach to teacher mentoring for field-based teacher education that transcends the four existing teacher mentoring approaches.

Developing Addition Strategies: Preservice Teachers' Learning From Standards-Based Curriculum Materials

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Tyminski ◽  
Corey Drake ◽  
Tonia Land
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Mathematics Curriculum ◽  
Mathematics Teacher Education ◽  
Elementary Classrooms ◽  
Curriculum Materials ◽  
Opportunities To Learn ◽  
Mathematics Methods ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Research And Practice

Despite the prevalence of mathematics curriculum materials in elementary classrooms, most current mathematics methods texts provide little or no support for preservice teachers (PSTs) learning to use curriculum materials. To meet this need, we have designed and studied several modules intended to provide PSTs with opportunities to learn about and from the use of curriculum materials. This article describes our research related to 1 of these modules–Addition Starter Sentences. Our results examine the nature of PSTs' developing content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge, evidenced through their interactions with and reflections on Standards-based curriculum materials. We conclude with implications for mathematics teacher education research and practice.

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