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DEVELOPING KNOWLEDGE OF PROSPECTIVE PRIMARY TEACHERS ABOUT MATHEMATICS TEACHING BY THE USE OF A MULTIMEDIA CASE
Polytechnic of Viseu and CI&DETS (PORTUGAL)
About this paper:
Appears in: EDULEARN21 Proceedings
Publication year: 2021
Pages: 2187-2192
ISBN: 978-84-09-31267-2
ISSN: 2340-1117
doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2021.0490
Conference name: 13th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 5-6 July, 2021
Location: Online Conference
Abstract:
This study aims to understand the potential of a multimedia case in mathematics education for developing prospective teachers' knowledge of inquiry-based mathematics teaching and instructional communication that supports it. The multimedia case called "Cube with stickers" was developed in the P3M project - Professional Practices of Mathematics Teachers, by Hélia Oliveira, Ana Paula Canavarro and Luís Menezes. The multimedia case combines several artifacts, such as videos from a primary school mathematics classroom, audio recordings of interviews with the teacher, lesson plan, mathematical tasks, students’ responses, class verbal interactions and theoretical texts, to represent an inquiry-based mathematics teaching practice. The study took place in the context of a pre-service training course entitled "Mathematical Communication", which is located in the final year of an undergraduate course that qualifies students to enter a professional master's degree program for prospective primary school teachers. In this study, prospective teachers (N=15) participated, most of them female, aged between 20 and 23. Considering the intended objective, the study applied a qualitative methodology, and the data were obtained from the following sources: (i) students' answers to questions posed through the multimedia case: and (ii) written reflections (both were conducted in groups of 2/3 students). The results show that the multimedia case contributed to the growth of students' knowledge about inquiry-based mathematics teaching, the conceptualization of communication that supports it, and about the teacher's actions and communication styles.
Keywords:
Multimedia cases, Mathematics, Communication, Teachers' knowledge, Prospective School