RecordNumber
3428
Author
Olteanu, Constanta
Crop_Body
Constanta Olteanu and Lucian Olteanu
Title of Article
INVESTIGATING DIFFERENCE AND REPETITION IN MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Title Of Journal
philosophy of mathematics education
Publication Year
2018
Volum
33
Keywords
repetition , difference , variation theory , function , patterns of variation
Abstract
The availability of instructional examples in the mathematics classroom challenges the way teachers confront students with several aspects of the content, which can contribute to designate the generality of mathematical concepts. Using the theory of variation and Deleuze’s philosophical concepts as the main interpretative framework, this study investigates what is involved in repetition and the nature of its interiority, what we understand by conceptual difference and difference without concept in a development study. The data consisted of 36 teachers’ lesson plans. Qualitative analysis of these data led to the identification of events types and the characteristics of repetition.