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- Title
Socio-emotional orientations and teacher change.
- Authors
Kaasila, Raimo; Hannula, Markku; Laine, Anu; Pehkonen, Erkki
- Abstract
In this article we consider how elementary education students’ views of mathematics changed during their mathematics methods course. We focus on four female students: two started the course with mainly positive views of mathematics and a task orientation, two with negative views of the subject and an ego-defensive orientation. The biggest change observed was that the trainees’ views of teaching and learning mathematics became more positive. Moreover, what had been an ego-defensive orientation changed towards a social-dependence orientation. The crucial facilitators of change seemed to be (1) handling of and reflection on one’s experiences of learning and teaching mathematics, (2) exploring content with concrete materials, and (3) collaboration with a partner or working as a tutor of mathematics.
- Subjects
SCHOOL children; MATHEMATICS education; ELEMENTARY education; TUTORS & tutoring; LEARNING; VIEWS
- Publication
Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2008, Vol 67, Issue 2, p111
- ISSN
0013-1954
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s10649-007-9094-0