Researching pedagogy and practice with Canadian mathematics teachers / edited by David A. Reid, Christine Suurtamm, Annie Savard, Elaine Simmt, Dominic Manuel, Lisa Lunney Borden, Richard Barwell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reid, David A. (David Alexander), 1963- editor.

Suurtamm, Christine, editor.

Savard, Annie, editor.

Simmt, Elaine, editor.

Manuel, Dominic, editor.

Borden, Lisa Lunney, editor.

Barwell, Richard, editor.

Series:

Research in mathematics education series.

Research in mathematics education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching--Canada.

Mathematics.

Mathematics teachers--Training of--Canada.

Mathematics teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2020]

Summary:

"The past two decades have seen an increased interest in education, especially in core areas such as mathematics, language and science. This is in part a consequence of the increase in the number of international comparisons of educational outcomes, such as PISA and TIMSS. Much research has focused on the contributions that curricula, financial resources, parental support, and so on, might have on educational outcomes. A factor that seems likely to have a very significant effect on student achievement, teachers' practices and beliefs, has received little attention. This book reports results from a research program that sought to develop and employ research methods to compare teachers' practices and beliefs across Canada. It provides insight into the challenge of such research, and describes teachers' contexts, beliefs and practices, and how they differ, in four regions and across two languages. Using a multivocal ethnography approach (Tobin, 1999) teachers were involved in the preparation and discussion of videos of their own teaching and that of others. This approach resulted in not only insights into the teachers' pedagogies and practices, but also opportunities for the teachers to reflect on their own teaching in new ways, and for researchers to reflect on research practices and orientations. The work is innovative in several ways. In a field crowded with research on teachers' practices, beliefs and knowledge this research helps to unearth the implicit values that underlie the way teachers see teaching itself. Through the process of observation of each other's practice, the teachers became aware of their own pedagogies, giving them new insights into their values and practices. Researchers also engaged in a parallel process of reflection on their own practices as observers of teachers, with similar insights into the values guiding their work. This book will be of interest to government policy makers, teachers and teacher educators, as well as researchers in mathematics education. Members of the AERA SIG in Research in Mathematics Education, the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group, the NCTM, and provincial mathematics teacher associations are potential readers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Preface / David A. Reid

Chapter 1. Observing teachers: Comparing middle school teachers' pedagogies in four regions of Canada / David A. Reid

Part I. Introduction to

Part I

Chapter 2. Pedagogy as engagement / Elaine Simmt

Chapter 3. Nested noticing: Valuing voice / Christine Suurtamm and Brenna Quigley

Chapter 4. Observing teachers with different lenses: Where to situate them? Annie savard, dominic manuel, sophie pinard, scosha merovitz, and vandana chandrasekhar

Chapter 5. Discussing fractions: Teacher conversations about their teaching practices / Sophie Pinard, Dominic Manuel, and Annie Savard

Part II. Introduction to

Part II: Seeking similarities in pedagogy

Chapter 6. "i do that too" teachers' constructions of shared mathematics pedagogy / Richard Barwell and Lisa Lunney Borden

Chapter 7. Similarities and differences in pedagogy: A thematic analysis / Lisa Lunney Borden and Ellen Carter

Chapter 8. Seeking patterns in pedagogy: A topical analysis / David A. Reid. Postscript to

Part II. A commentary on our analyses

Part III. Introduction to

Part III: Reflecting on observing teachers

Chapter 9. Listening to the teachers' perspectives: Dialogue on research participation and growth / Terry Wan Jung Lin, Annie Savard, Claudia Anzovino, Kathryn Sides Blanchard, and Dominic Manuel

Chapter 10. Researching mathematics pedagogy / Richard Barwell, Lisa Lunney Borden, Dominic Manuel, David A. Reid, Annie Savard, Elaine Simmt, and Christine Suurtamm

Chapter 11. Observing the observers: Reflections on our research / David A. Reid

Editor and Author Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-64802-139-5