Putting theory into practice: growth of appreciation theory by student teachers

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Abstract

Key words: teacher education; realistic mathematics education; use of theory into practice; signals of use of theory; Multimedia Interactive Learning Environment (MILE) Abstract This report presents the raw data from an ongoing study into the manner in which student teachers connect theory with actual practice. In this case, practice is primarily used to indicate the digitised teaching practices recorded in the Multimedia Interactive Learning Environment (MILE), a computer-based environment that provides an investigative representation of teaching in an actual classroom setting. A tool has been developed that incorporates 15 signals of expected theory implementation by student teachers. A prototype of the tool will be presented, as well as the considerations that underlie its design. The student teachers' independent group work and subsequent semi-structured interviews with some of the student teachers have been taped (audio recordings). Similarly, the teacher educator's lessons have been videoed. Furthermore, data has been obtained from the analysis of portfolio documents from the student teachers. A selection of raw empirical data is described on the basis of two observations.
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 25th conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME). Utrecht, July 12-17, 2001
EditorsM.H.A.M. van den Heuvel-Panhuizen
Place of PublicationUtrecht
PublisherFreudenthal Institute
Pages17-24
Number of pages8
Publication statusPublished - 12 Jul 2001

Keywords

  • Wiskunde en Informatica (WIIN)
  • Mathematics
  • Landbouwwetenschappen
  • Natuurwetenschappen
  • Wiskunde: algemeen

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