Shuhua An

The Middle Path in Math Instruction

Solutions for Improving Math Education

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Produktbeschreibung

What are the effective approaches of teaching and learning mathematics? How do teachers build on knowledge of students' thinking? What knowledge is needed for teachers to teach effectively? In The Middle Path in Math Instruction: Solutions for Improving Math Education, Shuhua An answers these questions by examining the differences between the pedagogical content knowledge of elementary and middle school mathematics teachers in the U.S. and China and investigates how these differences are revealed in their beliefs, planning, teaching methods, and knowledge of students' thinking.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781578860890
• ISBN-10: 157886089X
• Artikelnr.: 21274579

Autorenporträt

By Shuhua An

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 1. Dilemmas in
Mathematics Education: Opposite Directions Chapter 4 2. Philosophical and
Historical Overview of Mathematics Education Chapter 5 3. Understanding
Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge Chapter 6 4. Teachers' Pedagogical
Content Knowledge in Mathematics Teaching Chapter 7 5. Teachers' Beliefs
about Mathematics Teaching and Learning Chapter 8 6. What's Happening in
the Classroom: Observations and Interviews Chapter 9 7. Approaches to
Enhancing Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge Chapter 10 Conclusion
Chapter 11 References Chapter 12 About the Author

Rezensionen

This wonderful book provides another glimpse into what teachers know and how that differs across cultures. The data are informative, and the examples are useful and compelling. -- James W. Stigler, professor, University of California, Los Angeles [the author]..compares the pedagogical content knowledge of elementary and middle school math teachers in the United States with that of their counterparts in China. Reference and Research Book News [An] does make a convincing case that there are differences between the two countries in how teachers view the goals of teaching, what the focus should be in teaching mathematics, the importance of teachers' knowledge, and how to plan for instruction. Journal For Research In Mathematics Education This book is a most important contribution to the growing literature about comparative studies in mathematics education...It is a truism that we all learn by contrasts, but the challenges for researchers is to determine the most appropriate aspects of mathematics education to contrast. Dr. An...successfully avoids the trap of trying to universalize the teaching of mathematics by recognizing the historical and cultural differences between the two countries. -- Alan Bishop, professor, Monash University, Australia