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Zazkis, Rina; Mamolo, Ami – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2009
Mathematical knowledge used in teaching has attracted the interest of many researchers, but was mainly explored considering teaching at the elementary school level. This paper attends to mathematical knowledge used in teaching at the University level. We present a story about a student suggesting reconsideration of Cantor's diagonal method and the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Teachers, Classroom Environment, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Huillet, Danielle – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2009
This paper analyses how the mathematical knowledge needed by a teacher has been described by several mathematics educators, all based on Shulman's notions of Subject Matter Knowledge and Pedagogical Content Knowledge. In particular, it looks at the notion of Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching, as elaborated by Ball and her research group. It then…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Anthropology, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Foreign Countries