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www.press.uottawa.ca International Approaches to Professional Developmement for Mathematics Teachers Edited by Nadine Bednarz, Dario Fiorentini and Rongjin Huang Explorations of innovative approaches to the professional development of math teachers from around the world. Schools everywhere are being confronted with evolving learning and teaching paradigms that call into question a number of traditional math teaching techniques. These changes demand serious reflection on how to support frontline educators in developing their teaching skills. Alternative approaches to professional development have been established worldwide that support teacher education and contribute to professional development that is informed by practice, created for practice and refined in practice. This volume provides a rich portrait of these emergent strategies in the professional development of math teachers, bridging the divide between theory and practice. Written by researchers around the world, the contributions examine innovative approaches to the professional development of math teachers in different countries. Many of these approaches take into account the practitioner’s point of view and are fundamentally rooted in the context of the classroom. Nadine Bednarz is emeritus professor at Université du Québec à Montréal. Dario Fiorentini is professor of the Faculty of Education at the State University of Campinas, in São Paulo, Brazil. Rongjin Huang is a mathematics educator at the University of Colorado Denver. Paper, 6 × 9 978-0-7766-0747-4 296 pages $29.95 CAD/USD . £19.99 GBP July 2011

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www.press.uottawa.ca

International Approaches to Professional Developmement for

Mathematics Teachers

Edited by Nadine Bednarz, Dario Fiorentini and Rongjin Huang

Explorations of innovative approaches to the professional

development of math teachers from around the world.

Schools everywhere are being confronted with evolving

learning and teaching paradigms that call into question a

number of traditional math teaching techniques. These

changes demand serious reflection on how to support

frontline educators in developing their teaching skills.

Alternative approaches to professional development have

been established worldwide that support teacher education

and contribute to professional development that is informed

by practice, created for practice and refined in practice. This

volume provides a rich portrait of these emergent strategies

in the professional development of math teachers, bridging

the divide between theory and practice.

Written by researchers around the world, the contributions

examine innovative approaches to the professional

development of math teachers in different countries. Many

of these approaches take into account the practitioner’s

point of view and are fundamentally rooted in the context of

the classroom.

Nadine Bednarz is emeritus professor at Université du Québec à Montréal.

Dario Fiorentini is professor of the Faculty of Education at the State University of Campinas, in São Paulo,

Brazil.

Rongjin Huang is a mathematics educator at the University of Colorado Denver.

Paper, 6 × 9

978-0-7766-0747-4

296 pages

$29.95 CAD/USD . £19.99 GBP

July 2011

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International Approaches to Professional Developmement for

Mathematics Teachers

Brief Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

PART 1: Education of practicing teachers in mathematics: international historical development and issues

PART 2: Professional life of mathematics teachers as part of their professional development-in-practice

PART 3: Construction of professional mathematical knowledge by teachers

PART 4: Different experiences supporting professional development in mathematical teaching

PART 5: Reforms, curricular change and continuous professional development

CONCLUSION

Contributors

Jenni Back, Kings College London (UK)

Jiansheng Bao, Suzhou University (China)

Ruth Beatty, University of Toronto (Canada)

Cathy Bruce, Trent University (Canada)

Claudia Canha Nunes, University of Lisbon (Portugal)

Dione L. Carvalho, UNICAMP (Brazil)

Naomi Chissick, ORT (Israel)

Nielce Meneguelo da Costa, University of Sao Paulo

(Brazil)

Els de Geest, University of Oxford (UK)

Yadong Fan, Suzhou Secondary School (China)

Ana Cristina Ferreira, UFOP (Brazil)

Regina C. Grando, University of Sao Francisco (Brazil)

Christine Hirst, Birmingham University (UK)

Barbara Jaworski, Loughborough University (UK)

Marie Joubert, University of Bristol (UK)

Bracha Kramarski, Bar-Ilan University (Israel)

Maiza Lamonato, University of Sao Carlos (Brazil)

Yeping Li, Texas A&M University (USA)

Adair M. Nacarato, University of Sao Francisco (Brazil)

Maria Teresa Menezes Freitas, UFU (Brazil)

Maria Angela Miorim, UNICAMP (Brazil)

Rosana G. S. Miskulin, University Estadual Paulista (Brazil)

Bernard Murphy, Mathematics in Education and Industry (UK)

Carmen L.B. Passos, University of Sao Carlos (Brazil)

Jérôme Proulx, Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)

Tali Revach, Bar-Ilan University (Israel)

Ginger Rhodes, University of North Carolina Wilmington

(USA)

Mario Sanchez, Roskilde University (Denmark)

Rosamund Sutherland, University of Bristol (UK)

Christine Suurtamm, University of Ottawa (Canada)

Nancy Vézina, University of Ottawa (Canada)

Patricia S. Wilson, University of Georgia (USA)

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