Open AccessMathematics teacher's specialised knowledge of prospective primary teachers: An explorative study
Author(s) -
Federica Ferretti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pna
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1887-3987
pISSN - 1886-1350
DOI - 10.30827/pna.v14i3.10272
Subject(s) - mathematics education , exploratory research , school teachers , sample (material) , affect (linguistics) , psychology , sociology , communication , anthropology , chemistry , chromatography
The importance of good mastery of specialised mathematics knowledge for mathematics teachers and prospective teachers is now recognised internationally. This paper presents an exploratory study aimed at investigating how mathematics education courses affect the Mathematics Teachers’ Specialised Knowledge (MTSK) of prospective primary teachers. A questionnaire was administered to a sample of 118 future teachers, and an analysis of their answers was carried out with the MTSK model. The research highlights positive feedback on the effectiveness of the mathematics education laboratory that was staged, and provides an outline of the beliefs and the knowledge of the prospective teachers.