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Professionalism: What Is It And Are We Teaching For It?, Brian K Tate
Professionalism: What Is It And Are We Teaching For It?, Brian K Tate
Doctoral Dissertations
With rising accountability standards and the need for content specialists within education, the qualifications of mathematics teachers have become increasingly scrutinized. For over three decades, within the parameters of educational reform, the need for the professionalization of teaching has reoccurred (Carnegie Task Force, 1986). When examining the nature of teacher professionalism, no concise definition within the educational community exists (Noddings, 1992). The purpose of this study was to take characteristics defined by the medical and law fields and use them to develop a definition of professionalism within mathematics education. Once a clear set of characteristics was identified, the study then …
Understanding Teachers' Change Towards A Reform-Oriented Mathematics Classroom, Linnae Denise Williams
Understanding Teachers' Change Towards A Reform-Oriented Mathematics Classroom, Linnae Denise Williams
Theses and Dissertations
Within the current mathematics teacher population there are teachers that want to change from traditional teaching styles to become more reform-oriented (i.e. focusing on student understanding rather than procedures). Many of these teachers do not know how to begin this change. This research looks into the tools that are most valuable for teachers as they change from traditional teaching practices to include more reform-oriented teaching practices. Through this phenomenological study, six successful reform-oriented teachers were interviewed to understand what tools they found to be most valuable in their process of change. The interviews uncovered a common guiding principle that facilitates …