Delivering Online Professional Development in Mathematics to Rural Educators

Autor/inn/en	Cady, Jo; Rearden, Kristin
Titel	Delivering Online Professional Development in Mathematics to Rural Educators
Quelle	In: Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 17 (2009) 3, S.281-298 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-7069
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Distance Education; Mathematics Teachers; Faculty Development; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Rural Education; Online Courses; Computer Uses in Education; Teacher Qualifications; Mathematics Instruction; Middle School Teachers; Secondary School Mathematics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Computernutzung; Lehrqualifikation; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule
Abstract	Rural school districts struggle to attract, retain, and support highly qualified mathematics teachers. A series of four online professional development courses in the form of integrated mathematics content and pedagogy courses was designed to meet the professional development needs of rural middle school mathematics teachers. Changes in teachers' mathematics content knowledge and their pedagogical content knowledge over the duration of the courses are documented. Results suggested that while teachers' mathematics content knowledge did not change significantly, pedagogical content knowledge did increase. Additionally, the design of the courses fostered communities of practice among the teachers, and can be used as a model for other distance learning courses. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. P.O. Box 1545, Chesapeake, VA 23327-1545. Tel: 757-366-5606; Fax: 703-997-8760; e-mail: info@aace.org; Web site: http://www.aace.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10