Academic Catalog

ELE617 ELEMENT. MATH. TEACHING AS A LEARNING PROFESSION

Course Code: 4100617
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Elementary Education
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: PhD
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Research about beliefs of prospective, beginning, and experienced mathematics teachers about mathematics teaching as a profession. Influence of teachers’ beliefs on their mathematics teaching practices. The relationship between perceptions of nature of mathematics and perceptions of elementary mathematics teaching.Analysis of opportunities for teacher learning in different instructional settings. Observation, conversation, writing, and classroom research as tools for improving mathematics teaching.