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The teacher development continuum in the United States and China : summary of a workshop / Ana Ferreras and Steve Olsen, rapporteurs ; A. Ester Sztein, editor ; U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction, Board on International Scientific Organizations, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.

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Language:
English
Imprint:
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2010.
Format:
  • Book, Conference Proceedings
  • x, 58 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note:
Summary of a workshop held in Newport Beach, Calif., July 31-Aug. 2, 2009, which brought together about 40 mathematics educators, mathematicians, education researchers, and other mathematics education specialists from the United States and China.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-40).
Contents:
  • Comparisons between mathematics education in China and the United States
  • Mathematics education in the United States
  • Teacher preparation and the roles of master teachers in China
  • Teacher preparation and the roles of master teachers in the United States
  • Comparisons and unanswered questions.
Summary:
"In 1999, Liping Ma published her book Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in the United States and China, which probed the kinds of knowledge that elementary school teachers need to convey mathematical concepts and procedures effectively to their students. Later that year, Roger Howe, a member of the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNC/MI), reviewed the book for the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, concluding that it 'has lessons for all educational policymakers.' Intrigued by the idea of superrank teachers, the USNC/MI sponsored a workshop entitled 'The Teacher Development Continuum in the United States and China'. The purpose of the workshop was to examine the structure of the mathematics teaching profession in the United States and China. The main presentations and discussion from the workshop are summarized in this volume."--Publisher's description.
Contributor:
Ferreras, Ana.
Olson, Steve, 1956-
Sztein, A. Ester.
United States National Commission on Mathematics Instruction.
National Research Council (U.S.). Policy and Global Affairs.
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on International Scientific Organizations.
National Academies Press (U.S.)
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ISBN:
9780309151634
0309151635

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