Rethinking About the Pedagogy for Pedagogical Content Knowledge in the Context of Mathematics Teaching

Mehmet Fatih Özmantar

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Mehmet Fatih Özmantar ¹ ^*

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¹ Gaziantep Üniversitesi, Gaziantep, TURKIYE^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

This study reconsiders the notion of pedagogy for pedagogical content knowledge in the context of teaching mathematics. The perspectives of critical pedagogy are employed for this reconsideration, stressing the operation of historical, social, ideological, political, institutional and cultural forces in the production of pedagogical practices. The effects of those forces on the production of pedagogical practices are exemplified with empirical data obtained from one classroom teachers’ instructional practices in the context of mathematics teaching. The paper discusses how these dynamic forces shape the conditions under which pedagogical practices of teaching mathematics come into life.

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Critical pedagogy
mathematics teaching
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
teacher practice

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2011, 15-27

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Özmantar, M. F. (2011). Rethinking About the Pedagogy for Pedagogical Content Knowledge in the Context of Mathematics Teaching. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 7(1), 15-27. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75173

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Özmantar MF. Rethinking About the Pedagogy for Pedagogical Content Knowledge in the Context of Mathematics Teaching. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2011;7(1):15-27. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75173

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Özmantar MF. Rethinking About the Pedagogy for Pedagogical Content Knowledge in the Context of Mathematics Teaching. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2011;7(1), 15-27. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75173

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Özmantar, Mehmet Fatih. "Rethinking About the Pedagogy for Pedagogical Content Knowledge in the Context of Mathematics Teaching". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2011 7 no. 1 (2011): 15-27. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75173

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Özmantar, M. F. (2011). Rethinking About the Pedagogy for Pedagogical Content Knowledge in the Context of Mathematics Teaching. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 7(1), pp. 15-27. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75173

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Özmantar, Mehmet Fatih "Rethinking About the Pedagogy for Pedagogical Content Knowledge in the Context of Mathematics Teaching". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 7, no. 1, 2011, pp. 15-27. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75173