Using an interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of solid geometry in a professional development course for preschool and primary school teachers

This paper presents some results of a professional development course for teachers where the participants studied basic solid geometry and developed applied projects in an interdisciplinary context. The course took place in a Portuguese university, from February to May 2020, and involved 19 teacher...

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Main Authors: Andreia Hall, Sónia Pais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de Aveiro 2021-07-01
Series:Indagatio Didactica
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Online Access:https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/id/article/view/25584
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spelling doaj-df07163ce1ea49ca969f8a74f0ac046c2021-07-29T17:30:59ZengUniversidade de AveiroIndagatio Didactica1647-35822021-07-0113310.34624/id.v13i3.25584Using an interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of solid geometry in a professional development course for preschool and primary school teachersAndreia HallSónia Pais This paper presents some results of a professional development course for teachers where the participants studied basic solid geometry and developed applied projects in an interdisciplinary context. The course took place in a Portuguese university, from February to May 2020, and involved 19 teachers of preschool and primary levels (grades 1 to 4). The authors have developed a qualitative case study to evaluate how an interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of solid geometry is perceived, by the mathematics teachers, as a contribution to the teaching/learning process of geometry. Overall, the activities developed have proved to be successful examples of interdisciplinary methodologies. Moreover, the approach followed during the course helped the teachers develop their geometric competences concerning solid geometry in a more consistent appropriation and application of the geometric concepts involved. https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/id/article/view/25584professional developmentmathematicssolid geometrymathematics educationinterdisciplinarity
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Using an interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of solid geometry in a professional development course for preschool and primary school teachers
Indagatio Didactica
professional development
mathematics
solid geometry
mathematics education
interdisciplinarity
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Sónia Pais
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title Using an interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of solid geometry in a professional development course for preschool and primary school teachers
title_short Using an interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of solid geometry in a professional development course for preschool and primary school teachers
title_full Using an interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of solid geometry in a professional development course for preschool and primary school teachers
title_fullStr Using an interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of solid geometry in a professional development course for preschool and primary school teachers
title_full_unstemmed Using an interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of solid geometry in a professional development course for preschool and primary school teachers
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publisher Universidade de Aveiro
series Indagatio Didactica
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publishDate 2021-07-01
description This paper presents some results of a professional development course for teachers where the participants studied basic solid geometry and developed applied projects in an interdisciplinary context. The course took place in a Portuguese university, from February to May 2020, and involved 19 teachers of preschool and primary levels (grades 1 to 4). The authors have developed a qualitative case study to evaluate how an interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of solid geometry is perceived, by the mathematics teachers, as a contribution to the teaching/learning process of geometry. Overall, the activities developed have proved to be successful examples of interdisciplinary methodologies. Moreover, the approach followed during the course helped the teachers develop their geometric competences concerning solid geometry in a more consistent appropriation and application of the geometric concepts involved.
topic professional development
mathematics
solid geometry
mathematics education
interdisciplinarity
url https://proa.ua.pt/index.php/id/article/view/25584
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