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Education Professional Development

International Approaches to Professional Development for Mathematics Teachers

edited by Nadine Bednarz, Dario Fiorentini & Rongjin Huang

Publisher
Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2011
Category
Professional Development, Mathematics
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780776607474
    Publish Date
    Aug 2011
    List Price
    $29.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780776619576
    Publish Date
    Aug 2011
    List Price
    $14.99

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Explorations of innovative approaches to the professional development of math teachers from around the world. Schools everywhere are being confronted with evolving learning and teaching paradigms that call into question a number of traditional math teaching techniques. These changes demand serious reflection on how to support frontline educators in developing their teaching skills. Alternative approaches to professional development have been established worldwide that support teacher education and contribute to professional development that is informed by practice, created for practice and refined in practice. This volume provides a rich portrait of these emergent strategies in the professional development of math teachers, bridging the divide between theory and practice.
Written by researchers around the world, the contributions examine innovative approaches to the professional development of math teachers in different countries. Many of these approaches take into account the practitioner’s point of view and are fundamentally rooted in the context of the classroom.
Published in English.

About the authors

Nadine Bednarz is professor emerita at Université du Québec à Montréal.

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Dario Fiorentini is professor of the Faculty of Education at the State University of Campinas, in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Rongjin Huang is a mathematics educator at the University of Colorado Denver.

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