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Relearning Mathematics - A Challenge for Prospective Elementary School Teachers (Paperback, New)
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Relearning Mathematics - A Challenge for Prospective Elementary School Teachers (Paperback, New)
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This book is grounded in the author's experiences of teaching
mathematics for prospective elementary school teachers and
conducting research on their understanding of mathematical
concepts. It is a reflection on practice and an attempt to cope
with a double challenge: that of a teacher, in helping prospective
teachers make sense of mathematics, and that of a researcher, in an
attempt to understand and describe the challenges faced by
students. This work fits within the current community interest on
teacher education and provides a novel focus, with both theoretical
and practical considerations. The central claim in this book is
that encounters with mathematical content by prospective elementary
school teachers constitute relearning, rather than learning, of
mathematics. The specific focus is on topics related to elementary
number theory (e.g. divisibility, prime factorization), which is
referred to as a "forgotten queen" (following Gauss' reference to
number theory as a queen of mathematics). This is the content area
that has not received significant attention in mathematics
education research. The book can be summarized as an attempt to
address the following questions: What is relearning of mathematical
content and how is it similar to or different from learning? What
are the examples of specific mathematical topics or concepts that
require relearning? What pedagogical approaches can support
relearning? The detailed analysis of research data and pedagogical
approaches presented in the book are intertwined with stories of
personal experiences of the author, which makes the reading not
only intellectually stimulating but also enjoyable.
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