Mathematics Teaching and Learning: South Korean Elementary Teachers' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching

✍ Scribed by Rina Kim, Lillie R. Albert (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 160
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The purpose of this research is to identify the categories of South Korean elementary teachers’ knowledge for teaching mathematics. Emerging from the data collected and the subsequent analysis are five categories of South Korean elementary teachers’ knowledge for teaching mathematics: Mathematics Curriculum Knowledge, Mathematics Learner Knowledge, Fundamental Mathematics Conceptual Knowledge, Mathematics Pedagogical Content Knowledge, and Mathematics Pedagogical Procedural Knowledge. The first three categories of knowledge play a significant role in mathematics instruction as an integrated form within Mathematics Pedagogical Content Knowledge. This study also demonstrated that Mathematics Pedagogical Procedural Knowledge might play a pivotal role in constructing Mathematics Pedagogical Content Knowledge. These findings are connected to results from relevant studies in terms of the significant role of teachers’ knowledge in mathematics instruction.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction....Pages 1-12
A Pedagogical Overview of Relevant Literature....Pages 13-31
Methodological Approaches....Pages 33-48
Context of Elementary Mathematics Education in South Korea....Pages 49-61
Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics Category I: Mathematics Curriculum Knowledge....Pages 63-76
Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics Category II: Mathematics Learner Knowledge....Pages 77-97
Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics Category III: Fundamental Mathematics Conceptual Knowledge....Pages 99-117
Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics Categories IV and V: Mathematics Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Mathematics Pedagogical Procedural Knowledge....Pages 119-136
Summary, Conclusions, and Implications....Pages 137-148
Back Matter....Pages 149-152

✦ Subjects

Educational Technology; Learning & Instruction