RecordNumber
2376
Author
Kaur, Berinderjeet
Crop_Body
Berinderjeet Kaur
Title of Article
Enhancing the pedagogy of mathematics teachers (EPMT) project: a hybrid model of professional development
Title Of Journal
ZDM Mathematics Education
PublishInfo
FIZ Karlsruhe
Publication Year
2011
Issue Number
43
Page
791–803
Keywords
Professional development , Mathematics teachers , Hybrid model of PD , Singapore , Reasoning , Communication , Thinking , Mathematical tasks
Abstract
Enhancing the pedagogy of mathematics
teachers (EPMT) project is a hybrid model of professional
development (PD) that reflects a gradual shift in the centre
of gravity away from the University-based, ‘‘supply-side’’,
‘‘off-line’’ forms of knowledge production conducted
by university scholars for teachers towards an emergent
school-based, demand-side, on-line, in situ forms of
knowledge production conducted by teachers with support
from university scholars. The aims of the EPMT project
were threefold: to provide teachers with training, to facilitate
teachers’ work (practice and feedback) at the school
level and to enthuse and support teachers to contribute
towards the development of fellow teachers. This paper
examines two project participants’ infusion of their learning
in classroom practice. From the lessons enacted by the
two teachers it was apparent that both teachers were able to
apply their learning in their lessons. The teachers also
manifested changes in their perception of teaching
mathematics.