USING A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE TO SUPPORT MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATORS’ GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Joanna Masingila, Patrick Kimani, Dana Olanoff

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Abstract

Mathematics teacher educators (MTEs) play a significant role in helping prospective teachers to develop the mathematical knowledge they need for teaching. However, research has shown that the majority of MTEs receive little to no training or support to do this important work (Masingila, Olanoff & Kwaka, 2012). To address this need, we formed a Community of Practice (CoP) where two novice MTEs worked with an experienced MTE to develop their mathematical knowledge for teaching teachers (MKTT) and improve their teaching of mathematics content courses for prospective elementary teachers. In this paper, we discuss how we formed our CoP, the MKTT that we gained from working with the CoP, and what we learned from participating in the study, and how we mutually benefited from the experience in different ways.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2019
EditorsMellony Graven, Hamsa Venkat, Anthony A Essien, Pamela Vale
PublisherPsychology of Mathematics Education (PME)
Pages81-88
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9780639821542
StatePublished - 2019
Event43rd Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME 2019 - Pretoria, South Africa
Duration: Jul 7 2019Jul 12 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Volume3
ISSN (Print)0771-100X
ISSN (Electronic)2790-3648

Conference

Conference43rd Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME 2019
Country/TerritorySouth Africa
CityPretoria
Period7/7/197/12/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematics (miscellaneous)
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Education

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