Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching of MERGA Members

Rosemary A Callingham; Kim Beswick; Julie Clark; Barry Kissane; Penelope A Serow; Stephen Thornton

Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching of MERGA Members

Rosemary A Callingham, Kim Beswick, Julie Clark, Barry Kissane, Penelope A Serow, Stephen Thornton

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Although there has been considerable interest in teachers' knowledge for teaching mathematics for nearly a quarter of a century, little attention has been paid to the knowledge of mathematics teacher educators. The responses of 57 MERGA members to an online survey addressing beliefs about mathematics and its teaching, mathematics content knowledge and mathematics pedagogical content knowledge are reported. Teacher educators found the items addressing pedagogical content knowledge more difficult than mathematics content questions or endorsing beliefs, and the type of employment appeared to be a more important influence on outcomes than the level of mathematics studied.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Mathematics Education: Expanding Horizons. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Editors	Jaguthsing Dindyal, Lu Pien Cheng, Swee Fong Ng
Place of Publication	Adelaide, Australia
Publisher	Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Pages	162-169
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	9789810724672, 9789810725273, 9810724675
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	MERGA 35: 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia - Nanyang, Singapore Duration: 2 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012

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Conference	MERGA 35: 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
City	Nanyang, Singapore
Period	2/07/12 → 6/07/12

Keywords

Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy
Higher Education
Primary Education (excl Maori)
Secondary Education

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Callingham, R. A., Beswick, K., Clark, J., Kissane, B., Serow, P. A., & Thornton, S. (2012). Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching of MERGA Members. In J. Dindyal, L. Pien Cheng, & S. Fong Ng (Eds.), Mathematics Education: Expanding Horizons. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (Vol. 1, pp. 162-169). Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA). https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12397

Callingham, Rosemary A ; Beswick, Kim ; Clark, Julie et al. / Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching of MERGA Members. Mathematics Education: Expanding Horizons. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. editor / Jaguthsing Dindyal ; Lu Pien Cheng ; Swee Fong Ng. Vol. 1 Adelaide, Australia : Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 2012. pp. 162-169

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Callingham, RA, Beswick, K, Clark, J, Kissane, B, Serow, PA & Thornton, S 2012, Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching of MERGA Members. in J Dindyal, L Pien Cheng & S Fong Ng (eds), Mathematics Education: Expanding Horizons. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. vol. 1, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), Adelaide, Australia, pp. 162-169, MERGA 35: 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Nanyang, Singapore, 2/07/12. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12397>

Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching of MERGA Members. / Callingham, Rosemary A; Beswick, Kim; Clark, Julie et al.
Mathematics Education: Expanding Horizons. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. ed. / Jaguthsing Dindyal; Lu Pien Cheng; Swee Fong Ng. Vol. 1 Adelaide, Australia: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 2012. p. 162-169.

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