A Longitudinal Study of Elementary Pre-Service Teachers' Mathematics Beliefs and Content Knowledge

Autor/inn/en	Swars, Susan; Hart, Lynn C.; Smith, Stephanie Z.; Smith, Marvin E.; Tolar, Tammy
Titel	A Longitudinal Study of Elementary Pre-Service Teachers' Mathematics Beliefs and Content Knowledge
Quelle	In: School Science and Mathematics, 107 (2007) 8, S.325-335 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-6803
Schlagwörter	Student Teaching; Preservice Teachers; Methods Courses; Teacher Attitudes; Mathematics Instruction; Beliefs; Teaching Methods; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Knowledge Level; Preservice Teacher Education; Self Efficacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching practice; Unterrichtspraxis; Methodisch-didaktische Anleitung; Lehrerverhalten; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Belief; Glaube; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Wissensbasis; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit
Abstract	This study investigated the mathematics beliefs and content knowledge of 103 elementary pre-service teachers in a developmental teacher preparation program that included a two course mathematics methods sequence. Pre-service teachers' pedagogical beliefs became more cognitively-oriented during the teacher preparation program with these changes occurring during the two methods courses. Pedagogical beliefs remained stable during student teaching. The pre-service teachers also significantly increased their personal efficacy for teaching mathematics throughout the program with these shifts occurring across both methods courses and into student teaching. Pedagogical beliefs and teaching efficacy beliefs were not related at the beginning of the program, but, in general, were positively related throughout the program. In addition, the pre-service teachers' pedagogical beliefs were positively related to their specialized content knowledge for teaching mathematics at the end of the program. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10