The three main lines of research on teachers are the ones concerned with beliefs,
knowledge and identity. The two first are generally based on acquisitionism, the last is more …

Despite the wide range of various conceptualisations of (mathematics) teachers' knowledge,
the literature is restricted in two interrelated respects:(1) the focus is (almost always) limited …

To calculate with negative numbers seems to be one of the hardest topics in mathematics
courses for 13–14 year old students to learn. Our experience is that this very often is taught …

This paper deals with an idea that plays an increasing role in teaching and in teacher
education-investigating as a powerful paradigm of knowledge construction. Investigations …

Abstract Mathematics educators and researchers generally recognise the importance of
students' active involvement in learning processes; this active engagement is positively …

In recent years there have been calls for ambitious mathematics teaching which places
student thinking and reasoning at the centre of instruction. Drawing on a larger study …

In this article, we describe the" living contradiction"(White head, 1989) that became apparent
to us as we confronted our" teacher selves"(Day, Kingston, Stobart, & Sammons, 2006) and …

Our research is concerned with teacher's knowledge, and especially with teacher's
processes of learning, in the classroom, from observing and interacting with students' work …

The representational view of mind in mathematics education is evidenced by theories that
characterize learning as a process in which students modify their internal mental …

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TEACHERS' KNOWLEDGE: THE STARTING POINT FOR A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF …