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Mathematics Teacher's Beliefs and Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching: How Teacher's MKT Shifts in Planning and Impacts Their Beliefs and Instructional Practice

Posted on:2018-07-10Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:University of DenverCandidate:Conley, PaulFull Text:PDF
GTID:1477390020455522Subject:Mathematics Education
Abstract/Summary:
In an effort to understand how a teacher developed Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching and how that knowledge can shift teacher's beliefs and instructional practice, I worked with a teacher to deeply plan and implement six mathematical lessons.;The research suggests that planning can be a vehicle to develop a teacher's Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching. In addition, as a teacher's Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching started to develop through lesson planning, the teacher's beliefs about her own knowledge of mathematics started to increase which started to shift the teacher's instructional practice.;This combination of a stronger Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching, self confidence in her own understanding of the mathematics and shifts in her instructional practice created a new pedagogical practice I have called The Pedagogy of Knowing.
Keywords/Search Tags:Mathematical knowledge for teaching, Teacher, Instructional practice, Mathematics, Planning
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