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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791775703321

Titolo

The teacher development continuum in the United States and China [[electronic resource] ] : summary of a workshop / / Ana Ferreras and Steve Olsen, rapporteurs ; A. Ester Sztein, editor ; U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction ; Board on International Scientific Organizations, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2010

ISBN

0-309-16356-0

1-282-91699-8

9786612916991

0-309-15164-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (69 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FerrerasAna

OlsonSteve <1956->

SzteinA. Ester

Disciplina

510.71073

Soggetti

Mathematics - Study and teaching - United States

Mathematics - Study and teaching - China

Mathematics teachers - Training of - United States

Mathematics teachers - Training of - China

Master teachers - United States

Master teachers - China

Teacher educators - United States

Teacher educators - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Summary of a workshop held in Newport Beach, Calif., July 31-Aug. 2, 2009, which brought together about 40 mathematics educators, mathematicians, education researchers, and other mathematics education specialists from the United States and China.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-40).

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Comparisons Between Mathematics Education in China and the United States""; ""2 Mathematics Education in the United States""; ""3 Teacher



Preparation and the Roles of Master Teachers in China""; ""4 Teacher Preparation and the Roles of Master Teachers in the United States""; ""5 Comparisons and Unanswered Questions""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Biographies of Workshop Participants""

Sommario/riassunto

"In 1999, Liping Ma published her book Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in the United States and China, which probed the kinds of knowledge that elementary school teachers need to convey mathematical concepts and procedures effectively to their students. Later that year, Roger Howe, a member of the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNC/MI), reviewed the book for the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, concluding that it 'has lessons for all educational policymakers.' Intrigued by the idea of superrank teachers, the USNC/MI sponsored a workshop entitled 'The Teacher Development Continuum in the United States and China'. The purpose of the workshop was to examine the structure of the mathematics teaching profession in the United States and China. The main presentations and discussion from the workshop are summarized in this volume."--Publisher's description.