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Direct linkD'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
Peer reviewedBreen, 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
Peer reviewedBall, Deborah Loewenberg – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1990
The role of methods courses to help prospective elementary teachers learn to teach mathematics was investigated. The influence of past experience on preservice teachers, their lack of subject knowledge, and the lack of time set aside for a methods course are discussed. (KR)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Higher Education, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Logic
Peer reviewedBall, 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
