A Study of Pre-service Primary Teachers’ Discourse when Solving Didactic-Mathematical Tasks

Rocío Toscano; José María Gavilán-Izquierdo; Victoria Sánchez

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Rocío Toscano ¹ ^* , José María Gavilán-Izquierdo ¹, Victoria Sánchez ¹

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¹ Departamento de Didáctica de las Matemáticas, Universidad de Sevilla, SPAIN^* Corresponding Author

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From a commognitive approach, this article focuses on the discourse generated by pre-service primary teachers who are solving didactic-mathematical tasks. Our aims are to study the characteristics of the aforementioned discourse and, through these characteristics, identify whether a discourse close to the one of primary teachers is beginning to emerge. The sources of data were audio-recordings of group discussions and group reports. Two different discourses were identified in our results. One is the discourse generated by pre-service teachers when adopt the role of students of any level who have to solve a task proposed in the classroom. The other discourse is linked to the adoption of a role close to their future professional work. If we consider that the acquisition of a specific discourse enables future teachers to integrate into the community of practice of primary teachers, the role of the different discourses becomes a relevant element in teacher education.

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commognitive approach
didactic-mathematical task
discourse
pre-service primary teachers

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 15, Issue 11, November 2019, Article No: em1762

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Toscano, R., Gavilán-Izquierdo, J. M., & Sánchez, V. (2019). A Study of Pre-service Primary Teachers’ Discourse when Solving Didactic-Mathematical Tasks. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 15(11), em1762. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/108631

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Toscano R, Gavilán-Izquierdo JM, Sánchez V. A Study of Pre-service Primary Teachers’ Discourse when Solving Didactic-Mathematical Tasks. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2019;15(11):em1762. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/108631

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Toscano R, Gavilán-Izquierdo JM, Sánchez V. A Study of Pre-service Primary Teachers’ Discourse when Solving Didactic-Mathematical Tasks. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2019;15(11), em1762. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/108631

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Toscano, Rocío, José María Gavilán-Izquierdo, and Victoria Sánchez. "A Study of Pre-service Primary Teachers’ Discourse when Solving Didactic-Mathematical Tasks". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2019 15 no. 11 (2019): em1762. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/108631

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Toscano, R., Gavilán-Izquierdo, J. M., and Sánchez, V. (2019). A Study of Pre-service Primary Teachers’ Discourse when Solving Didactic-Mathematical Tasks. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 15(11), em1762. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/108631

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Toscano, Rocío et al. "A Study of Pre-service Primary Teachers’ Discourse when Solving Didactic-Mathematical Tasks". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 15, no. 11, 2019, em1762. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/108631