scholarly journals Specialised Knowledge for Teaching Geometry in a Primary Education Class: Analysis from the Knowledge Mobilized by a Teacher and the Knowledge Evoked in the Researcher

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (21) ◽  
pp. 2805
Author(s):  
María del Mar Liñán-García ◽  
Maria Cinta Muñoz-Catalán ◽  
Luis Carlos Contreras ◽  
Víctor Javier Barrera-Castarnado

Deepening the specialised knowledge of mathematics teachers is necessary for teaching, and it is one of our concerns as researchers; accordingly, in this study we analyze the knowledge that a teacher mobilizes when giving a first lesson on geometry to a class of fifth year of primary education at a Spanish school. We provide this analysis with a complementary perspective that leads us to broaden our focus of attention to other aspects of classroom management, thus identifying the specialised knowledge evoked in the researcher by the opportunities observed in the classroom. We take opportunities to mean classroom situations that occur as a result of the teacher’s management for which the researcher considers that an alternative management of such situations would be supported by relevant specialised knowledge for the teaching of the given content. Considering the possible alternative management of specific classroom situations makes this specialised knowledge emerge, which, together with that mobilized by the teacher, generates specialised knowledge useful for guiding the content of the training of primary education teachers.

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (15) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
Ângela Maria Franco Martins Coelho de Paiva Balça ◽  
Marília Pisco Castro Cid

O ensino das ciências e o ensino do português podem ser articulados sobretudo quando falamos dos primeiros anos de escolaridade, onde encontramos o regime de monodocência. Este estudo foi realizado numa turma do 1.º ciclo e o objetivo foi aliar o ensino das ciências e o ensino do português através de uma obra de literatura infantil que apontava para a temática da educação alimentar. A metodologia utilizada foi o estudo de caso, mas dada a intervenção efetuada partilhou características de uma investigação-ação. Os resultados apontam para um trabalho muito positivo na articulação entre o ensino das ciências e o ensino do português, pois possibilitou aos alunos a mobilização de conhecimentos e linguagens destas áreas em simultâneo.


Comunicar ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
María-de-la-Cinta Aguaded-Gómez

The abuse of over watching Television by our alumnae is a fact that worries all the educational community. Every day, the teachers observe how the alumnae, at all educational levels, follow patterns of behaviour, keeping values and reproducing roles that have been seen and defended by our television stations. This abuse leads to a series of implications, not only in the educational area, but in the family circle as well, in relational and social aspects. Our aim is to know the negative influence of this phenomena on a particular population, and to contrast the results with other investigations developed in other contexts. This study was initiated on a group of alumnae form the 2º term of primary education, in the province of Huelva. The principal objective consisted of deepening the awareness in the world of our pupils: questioning the use of their free time and knowing their habits and behaviour. Finding out the amount of time they dedicate to watching television, where they watch it, with whom and why it attracts them so enormously. First of all, the qualities presented on television to attract the infant population was analysed, afterwards a sample of the studied population was selected, specifying the context where it was to be taken and the characteristics of the area, its educational centres and studied alumnae. Later, it was selected the instruments of data collected, among them, the questionnaire. Finally, study implications to determine the given conclusions were obtained. El abuso de la televisión por parte de nuestros alumnos es un hecho que preocupa a toda la comunidad educativa. Cada día los docentes observan cómo el alumnado de todos los niveles educativos sigue pautas de comportamientos, mantiene valores y reproduce modelos que han sido visionados y defendidos por nuestras televisiones. Este abuso conlleva una serie de implicaciones no sólo en el ámbito educativo sino también en el familiar y en consecuencia en el relacional y social. Con el propósito de conocer cómo influye este fenómeno en una población determinada y contrastar los resultados con otras investigaciones realizadas en otros contextos se inició este estudio en un grupo de alumnos del 2º ciclo de educación primaria de la provincia de Huelva. El objetivo principal consistía en profundizar en el mundo de nuestros escolares: indagando en el uso de su tiempo libre y conociendo sus hábitos y conductas, averiguando qué tiempo dedican a ver la televisión, dónde la visionan, con quién y porqué les atraía enormemente. En un primer momento se analizaron las cualidades que presentaba la televisión para atraer a la población infantil, seguidamente se selecciono la muestra de la población estudiada especificando el contexto donde se iba a llevar a cabo y las características de la zona, sus centros educativos y los alumnos estudiados. Seguidamente se seleccionaron los instrumentos de recogida de datos, entre ellos el cuestionario. Finalmente se obtuvieron unas implicaciones del estudio para detallar las conclusiones obtenidas.


Author(s):  
Olive Chapman

In recent years, considerable attention has been given to the knowledge teachers ought to hold for teaching mathematics. Teachers need to hold knowledge of mathematical problem solving for themselves as problem solvers and to help students to become better problem solvers. Thus, a teacher’s knowledge of and for teaching problem solving must be broader than general ability in problem solving. In this article a category-based perspective is used to discuss the types of knowledge that should be included in mathematical problem-solving knowledge for teaching. In particular, what do teachers need to know to teach for problem-solving proficiency? This question is addressed based on a review of the research literature on problem solving in mathematics education. The article discusses the perspective of problem-solving proficiency that framed the review and the findings regarding six categories of knowledge that teachers ought to hold to support students’ development of problem-solving proficiency. It concludes that mathematics problem-solving knowledge for teaching is a complex network of interdependent knowledge. Understanding this interdependence is important to help teachers to hold mathematical problem-solving knowledge for teaching so that it is usable in a meaningful and effective way in supporting problem-solving proficiency in their teaching. The perspective of mathematical problem-solving knowledge for teaching presented in this article can be built on to provide a framework of key knowledge mathematics teachers ought to hold to inform practice-based investigation of it and the design and investigation of learning experiences to help teachers to understand and develop the mathematics knowledge they need to teach for problem-solving proficiency.


2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Genaro De Gamboa ◽  
Edelmira Badillo ◽  
Miguel Ribeiro

La construcción de un conocimiento matemático con comprensión por parte del alumno requiere del profesor un conocimiento que permita conectar conocimientos previos y futuros de los alumnos, creando puentes entre ambos. En este artículo nos enfocamos en el horizonte matemático como componente del conocimiento del profesor, aportando una interpretación de ese conocimiento con base en tres niveles que se construyen a partir del análisis de tareas relacionadas con la práctica docente. En ejemplos de situaciones de aula de educación primaria relacionadas con tareas de geometría y medida, se presentan y discuten indicadores con el objetivo de describir y analizar cómo un conocimiento del horizonte matemático permite enriquecer la práctica de aula. Mathematical horizon in teachers’ knowledge for teaching: geometry and measurement; elementary educationPromoting the elaboration of students’ mathematical knowledge and understanding requires teachers’ having a knowledge allowing connecting students’ prior and future knowledge building bridges between those two spaces. In this paper we focus on aspects of the mathematical horizon as one of teachers’ knowledge dimensions, presenting an interpretation of such knowledge, with a practice-based approach, grounded in the analysis of three levels of teachers’ practices. Using examples from tasks in geometry and measurement in elementary school practices, some indicators are presented and discussed with the aim of describing and analyzing how a teachers’ horizon knowledge allows enriching teaching practices.Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/37188WOS-ESCI


2018 ◽  
pp. 169-188
Author(s):  
Lutfi Incikabi ◽  
Ahmet Kacar

This study analyzed the changes in mathematics teacher candidates' teaching processes in terms of content of lesson plan, pedagogy aspects, and classroom management based on the evaluations of the experts, peers, and their own. The results indicated that experts, peer, and self-evaluation of the teaching processes signaled positive changes in teacher candidates' pedagogical content knowledge in mathematics after the lesson study process. Further, the study also demonstrates that teacher candidates acknowledged lesson study as a tool for providing slight improvement in teaching practices while experts and peers provided evidence for impressive improvements in teaching experiences.


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