Reflective Awareness in Mathematics Teachers’ Learning and Teaching

Olive Chapman

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2015.1334a

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Olive Chapman ¹ ^*

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Abstract

The nature of mathematics teachers’ knowledge specific to teaching mathematics [MTK] is of ongoing concern in mathematics education research. This article contributes to our under-standing of this knowledge with particular focus on reflective awareness. It discusses MTK based on ways it has been used in research. It highlights reflective awareness as a central aspect of MTK based on a study of elementary school mathematics teachers’ learning and teaching associated with a self-directed professional development initiative to transform their teaching to an inquiry-based perspective. Research questions focused on how this initiative supported reflective awareness in the teachers’ learning and teaching. Findings indicated that engaging in self-based and meaning-based questioning and creating pedagogical models were central to the teachers’ learning and use of reflective awareness. Their knowledge of reflective awareness as a way of knowing was important to their development of an inquiry stance and knowledge of mathematics for teaching and mathematics pedagogy.

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mathematics teachers’ knowledge
mathematics teachers’ learning
pedagogical models
questioning
reflective awareness

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 11, Issue 2, 2015, 313-324

https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1334a

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Chapman, O. (2015). Reflective Awareness in Mathematics Teachers’ Learning and Teaching. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 11(2), 313-324. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1334a

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Chapman O. Reflective Awareness in Mathematics Teachers’ Learning and Teaching. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2015;11(2):313-24. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1334a

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Chapman O. Reflective Awareness in Mathematics Teachers’ Learning and Teaching. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2015;11(2), 313-324. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1334a

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Chapman, Olive. "Reflective Awareness in Mathematics Teachers’ Learning and Teaching". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2015 11 no. 2 (2015): 313-324. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1334a

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Chapman, O. (2015). Reflective Awareness in Mathematics Teachers’ Learning and Teaching. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 11(2), pp. 313-324. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1334a

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Chapman, Olive "Reflective Awareness in Mathematics Teachers’ Learning and Teaching". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 11, no. 2, 2015, pp. 313-324. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2015.1334a