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D'Ambrosio, Beatriz; Kastberg, Signe – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2012
This article describes the development of the authors' understanding of the contradictions in their mathematics teacher education practice. This understanding emerged from contrasting analyses of the impact of the authors' practices in mathematics content courses versus mathematics methods courses. Examples of the authors' work with two students,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Methods
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Breen, Chris – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1993
Discusses a methods course for preservice mathematics teachers that addresses the affective side of learning mathematics. Students are encouraged to reflect on their experiences in relation to themselves as learners, teachers, and mathematicians. (MDH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Ball, Deborah Loewenberg – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1988
The constructivist perspective, which holds that children's learning of subject matter is an interaction between what they are taught and what they bring to a learning situation, could be used to improve mathematics teacher education. (PK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Mathematics, Concept Formation, Elementary School Mathematics