Emergences and affordances as opportunities to develop teachers’ mathematical content knowledge

dc.contributor.authorJulie, Cyril
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-16T13:27:56Z
dc.date.available2014-07-16T13:27:56Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractTeachers’ mathematical content knowledge has been under scrutiny for some time. This development is in the wake of learners’ unsatisfactory performance in national examinations and international achievement tests. A widely held belief is that one, if not the most important, of the efforts to improve and enhance the performance and achievement in mathematics of learners is addressing teachers’ mathematical content and pedagogical content knowledge through continuous professional development initiatives. The focus of this article is on the former. It describes how emergent and affording opportunities are brought to the fore from classroom observations and interactions in workshops and institutes with practising teachers. It concludes that this in situ dealing with mathematical content knowledge holds much promise for buy-in by teachers because it addresses an immediate need related to their practice.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCyril, J. (2014). Emergences and affordances as opportunities to develop teachers’ mathematical content knowledge. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 45 (3): 428-437en_US
dc.identifier.issn0020-739X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1125
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2013.851809
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.rightsThis is the post-print version of the article found online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2013.851809
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectContent knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectEmergencesen_US
dc.subjectAffordancesen_US
dc.subjectLearning mathematicsen_US
dc.subjectContinuous professional developmenten_US
dc.titleEmergences and affordances as opportunities to develop teachers’ mathematical content knowledgeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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