1st Edition

Teachers' Professional Development and the Elementary Mathematics Classroom Bringing Understandings To Light

By Sophia Cohen Copyright 2004
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This book illustrates the experiences of elementary school teachers across one year's time as they participated in a teacher development seminar focused on mathematics, and as a result changed their beliefs, their knowledge, and their practices. It explores these experiences as a means of understanding the learning that takes a teacher from a more traditional teaching practice to one that is... Read more
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Setting the Stage. Seeing Teachers and Students as Sense-Makers. Deepening One's Understanding of Subject Matter. Creating Teaching Practices That Focus on Understandings. Conclusion.

Biography

Sophia Cohen