Enriching Practical Knowledge: Exploring Student Teachers' Competence in Integrating Theory and Practice of Mathematics Teaching

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Wil Oonk Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

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Nico Verloop ICLON, Leiden University, the Netherlands

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Koeno P. E. Gravemeijer Eindhoven School of Education, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

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Volume/Issue:
Volume 46: Issue 5
Page(s):
559–598
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5951/jresematheduc.46.5.0559
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Keywords:
Elementary mathematics teacher education; Multimedia learning environment; Nature and level of theory use; Theory and practice; Theory-enriched practical knowledge

This study concentrated on the theory–practice problem in mathematics teacher education. We examined 13 student teachers' use of theory when they reflected on teaching practice in a class specifically designed to optimize the chance for theory use. We developed a Reflection Analysis Instrument with which the student teachers' use of theory could be identified univocally and described in a systematic way. We describe a case study that illustrates the nature and level of one student teacher's use of theory and discuss variations in all of the student teachers' reasoning and differences in their depth of theory use.

Contributor Notes

Wil Oonk, Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, Orianlaan 96, 1223 AK, Hilversum, the Netherlands; w.oonk@uu.nl

Nico Verloop, ICLON Graduate school of Teaching, Leiden University, the Netherlands, Postbox 905, 2300 AX Leiden, H 2300 AX, the Netherlands; verloop@iclon.leidenuniv.nl

Koeno P. E. Gravemeijer, School of Education, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, Rijnsburgweg 47, 2334 BG, Leiden, the Netherlands; koeno@gravemeijer.nl

(Corresponding author is Oonk w.oonk@uu.nl)
(Corresponding author is Verloop verloop@iclon.leidenuniv.nl)
(Corresponding author is Gravemeijer koeno@gravemeijer.nl)
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Copyright:
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc. All rights reserved. 2015
Page Count:
40
Article Category:
Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Nov 2015
Online Publication Date:
Nov 2015
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