To Make Sense the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics: Mathematics Teachers' Beliefs

수학의 교수-학습을 이해하기 위하여: 수학교사의 믿음

  • Published : 2000.03.01

Abstract

This paper is trying to answer the following two questions: "How does it likely to happen that the same content of mathematics is quite differently taught by classroom teachers\ulcorner" and "What would cause these differences in the teaching and learning of mathematics\ulcorner" According to scholars, teachers' beliefs about mathematics and the teaching and learning of mathematics should be first considered when the educational phenomena taking place in classroom are analyzed and interpreted. In this paper, through discussing the directions of reform movements of mathematics education, the definitions and characteristics of teachers' beliefs, and reviewing the previous research on teachers' beliefs, suggestions for the research on mathematics teachers' beliefs are presented.liefs are presented.

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