THE USE OF ICT IN MATHEMATICS TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SOUTH AFRICAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Absalom Netsianda ◽  
Sam Ramaila
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
South African ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Mathematics Teaching And Learning

Conceptualizing a Leadership Style for Promoting the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Rural Secondary Schools

2019 ◽  
pp. 261-285
Author(s):  
Zingiswa Mybert Jojo
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
South African ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Instructional Leaders ◽  
Mathematics Classrooms ◽  
Effective Teaching And Learning

Mathematics teachers serve as instructional leaders in their classrooms to ensure effective teaching and learning of mathematics. This chapter chronicles the conceptualization of a leadership style that promote the teaching and learning of mathematics in rural secondary schools. In this chapter, a prediction of a leadership style that can transform underachieving rural secondary schools for the promotion of teaching and learning of mathematics is presented. In addition, the interaction between transformational and instructional leadership effects in the mathematics classroom are discussed. The chapter defines leadership in mathematics teaching, discusses leadership for the mathematics classroom, presents how leadership was introduced in South African schools, followed by Mathematics instructions and leadership, and principal's perceptions on school leadership and its links to or effects on mathematics performance. Finally, the chapter suggests applied transformational leadership as a proposed tested model that has yielded a good performance in rural mathematics classrooms.

scholarly journals Exploring links between foundation phase teachers’ content knowledge and their example spaces

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Morrison
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Classroom Practice ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Mathematics Content Knowledge ◽  
Mathematics Teaching And Learning ◽  
Example Spaces ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Example Space

This paper explores two foundation phase teachers’ example spaces (a space in the mind where examples exist) when teaching number-related topics in relation to snapshots of their content knowledge (CK). Data was collected during a pilot primary maths for teaching course that included assessments of teacher content knowledge (CK). An analysis of a content-knowledge focused pre-test developed for the larger study indicated a relatively high score for one teacher and a low score for the other. Using Rowland’s (2008) framework, an analysis of classroom practice showed associations between a higher CK and the extent of a teacher’s example space and more coherent connections between different representational forms. Although no hard claims or generalisations of the link between teachers’ example spaces and their level of mathematics content knowledge can be made here, this study reinforces evidence of the need to increase teachers’ CK from a pedagogic perspective in order to raise the level of mathematics teaching and learning in the South African landscape.

Book Review: We Know More Than We Can Tell A Review of the Second Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 552-561
Author(s):  
John A. Dossey
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Information Age ◽  
National Council ◽  
Mathematics Teaching And Learning

Second Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning: A Project of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (2 volumes). Frank K. Lester Jr. (Ed.) (2007). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 1363 pp. ISBN 978-1-59311-176-2 (pb) $350.00 (U.S.) per set. ISBN 978-1-59311-177-9 (hb) $499.00 (U.S.) per set.

scholarly journals Taking a Strength-Based Approach: Bringing Student Homes into Schools During a Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 195-209
Author(s):  
Jodie Hunter ◽  
Roberta Hunter ◽  
John Tupouniua ◽  
Generosa Leach
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Open Economy ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Strength Based ◽  
The World ◽  
Mathematics Teaching And Learning

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has caused new ways of doing and being, both in education systems and beyond across the world. In the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand, the widely supported government approach focused on the well-being of the nation with a position that saving lives was more important than maintaining an open economy. As researchers and educators, we supported teachers as they worked with their students in their home settings. This provided us with an opportunity to explore a vision of a reinvented system of mathematics education beyond institutional and formal structures of schools. In this chapter, we present the analysis of the responses from 24 educators mainly from low socioeconomic urban settings as they reflected on how they enacted mathematics teaching and learning during the lockdown while connecting with students and their families as well as their subsequent learning from this experience. Results highlighted that the mathematical learning of students went beyond what was accessed by digital means and included parents drawing on rich everyday opportunities. A key finding was that by supporting and privileging the well-being of students and communities, the connections and relationships between educators and families were enhanced.

scholarly journals Um cenário de estudos envolvendo o ensino de Matemática através da Resolução de Problemas em periódicosA study scenario involving the teaching of mathematics through problem solving in journals

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-280
Author(s):  
Kaique Nascimento Martins ◽  
Jamille Vilas Bôas
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The State ◽  
University Education ◽  
Teaching Mathematics ◽  
Mathematics Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Of Mathematics

ResumoO presente estudo é uma pesquisa bibliográfica inspirada no Estado do Conhecimento, tendo como objetivo compreender focos temáticos nas produções acadêmicas que utilizam/abordam o ensino de matemática através da resolução de problemas. Para tanto, realizou-se um mapeamento das produções acadêmicas publicadas nos periódicos: BOLEMA, Boletim GEPEM, Zetetiké, Educação Matemática em Revista e Educação Matemática Pesquisa, entre janeiro de 2011 e junho de 2019. De um modo geral, percebemos uma variedade de estudos contendo diferentes perspectivas discutidas e abordadas tanto na educação básica quanto no ensino superior.  A partir deste trabalho, é possível ampliar o entendimento sobre a temática, fortalecendo a ideia de que esta pode potencializar o processo de ensino e aprendizagem de matemática.Palavras-chave: Resolução de problemas, Mapeamento, Educação matemática.AbstractThe present study is a bibliographic research inspired by the state of knowledge, aiming to understand thematic focuses on academic productions that use/approach teaching mathematics through problem-solving. For this purpose, we mapped the academic productions published in journals: BOLEMA, Boletim GEPEM, Zetetiké, Educação Matemática em Revista, and Educação Matemática Pesquisa, published between January 2011 and June 2019. We noticed a variety of studies containing different perspectives discussed and addressed both in basic and university education. From this work, it is possible to broaden the understanding of the theme, strengthening the idea that it can enhance the mathematics teaching and learning process.Keywords: Problem solving, Mapping, Mathematics education. ResumenEl presente estudio es una investigación bibliográfica inspirada en el estado del conocimiento, con el objetivo de comprender enfoques temáticos sobre producciones académicas que utilizan/abordan la enseñanza de las matemáticas a través de la resolución de problemas. Para ello, mapeamos las producciones académicas publicadas en las revistas: BOLEMA, Boletim GEPEM, Zetetiké, Educação Matemática em Revista y Educação Matemática Pesquisa, publicadas entre enero de 2011 y junio de 2019. Notamos una variedad de estudios que contienen diferentes perspectivas discutidas y abordadas tanto en educación básica como en educación universitaria. A partir de este trabajo, es posible ampliar la comprensión del tema, fortaleciendo la idea de que puede potenciar el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje de las matemáticas.Palabras clave: Resolución de problemas, Mapeo, Educación matemática.

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