How a primary mathematics teacher in Shanghai improved her lessons on 'angle measurement'
We report on one component of a study of school-based teacher professional development (TPD) in Shanghai, China. Here we focus on an experienced primary teacher who is teaching the topic of angle measurement to 10 year-olds. Using data from the teacher's original lesson plans, her modified less...
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2014-04.
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| Summary: | We report on one component of a study of school-based teacher professional development (TPD) in Shanghai, China. Here we focus on an experienced primary teacher who is teaching the topic of angle measurement to 10 year-olds. Using data from the teacher's original lesson plans, her modified lesson plans, together with an expert teacher's advice and the teacher's reflections on her lesson design, we illustrate how the support of an expert teacher enabled the teacher to improve her instructional practice by supporting her in thinking explicitly about the traditional classroom practice with which she was familiar and in building her 'wisdom of practice' within the context of instructional reform taking place in China |
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