Synopses & Reviews
This book reviews the Teacher Education and Development Study: Learning to Teach Mathematics, which tested 23,000 primary and secondary level math teachers from 16 countries on content knowledge and asked their opinions on beliefs and opportunities to learn.
Synopsis
This book offers results from the comparative Teacher Education and Development Study - Learning to Teach Mathematics (TEDS-M), which tested more than 23,000 mathematics teachers at the primary and lower secondary levels from 16 countries.
Synopsis
This book offers results from the comparative "Teacher Education and Development Study - Learning to Teach Mathematics (TEDS-M)". Carried out under the auspices of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), more than 23,000 mathematics teachers at the primary and lower secondary levels from 16 countries were tested at the end of the teacher education on their mathematics and mathematics pedagogical content knowledge as well as surveyed on their beliefs and their opportunities to learn. In addition, representative samples of teacher educators and training institutions were surveyed. TEDS-M analyses in particular the relationship between teacher education policies, practices and outcomes.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: State of research, framework and design of TEDS-M: S. Blömeke, F.-J. Hsieh, G. Kaiser & W. H. Schmidt.- 2. Teacher knowledge at the end of teacher education: International perspectives.- 2.1 Teacher education effectiveness: Quality and equity of future primary teachers' mathe-matics content and mathematics pedagogical content knowledge: S. Blömeke, U. Suhl & G. Kaiser.- 2.2 Teacher education effectiveness: Quality and equity of future lower secondary teachers' mathematics content and mathematics pedagogical content knowledge: W. H. Schmidt et al.- 2.3 Teacher education effectiveness: Quality and equity of future primary and future lower secondary teachers' general pedagogical knowledge: J. König, S. Blömeke, L. Paine, W. H. Schmidt & F.-J. Hsieh.- 2.4 In-depth analyses of different countries' responses to MCK and MPCK items: Why did Taiwan excel? A view on the difference within and between East and West: F.-J. Hsieh et al.- 3. Teacher beliefs at the end of teacher education: International perspectives.- 3.1 The cultural notion of teacher education: Future primary teachers' beliefs on the nature of mathematics: A. Felbrich, G. Kaiser & Ch. Schmotz.- 3.2 The cultural notion of teacher education: Future lower secondary teachers' beliefs on the nature of mathematics, the learning of mathematics and mathematics achievement: S.-J. Tang & F.-J. Hsieh.- 3.3 The cultural notion of teacher education: Comparison of lower secondary future teachers' and teacher educators' beliefs: T.-Y. Wang, F.-J. Hsieh, T.-T. Yiu.- 4. Relationship of teacher knowledge and beliefs: International perspectives.- 4.1 On the relationship of future primary and lower secondary teachers' knowledge and beliefs: W. H. Schmidt et al.- 4.2