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Facilitating Change in Teachers’ Views of Teaching Mathematics
Facilitating Change in Teachers’ Views of Teaching Mathematics

Author(s): Tiiu Kaljas, Madis Lepik
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: communities of practice; teachers’ professional development; views and beliefs; teacher education

Summary/Abstract: As part of the reform movement the importance of teachers’ professional development has been acknowledged. In this paper we report of the professional development project in Estonia, where mathematics teachers participated in a community of practice. Research on participating teachers’ views of mathematics teaching was carried out. The paper presents an overview of the changes in teachers’ beliefs in a period of one and a half years when they participated in the development project.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 94
  • Page Range: 73-76
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English