A Case Study on Elementary Pre-service Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Mathematics that Learned in the Course of Student Teaching

교육실습 과정에서 배우는 초등예비교사의 수학 교수학적 내용 지식에 관한 사례연구

  • Published : 2006.02.01

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze how elementary pre-service teachers learned the pedagogical content knowledge of mathematics and to understand the challenges and difficulties that they experienced in the course of student teaching. A qualitative case study provided an in-depth description of the whole three weeks of student teaching process. Four pre-service teachers and two mentor teachers participated in this study. Multiple data collection techniques were used; classroom observations, in-depth interviews, document analysis, and researcher's field notes. The results of this study showed how pre-service teachers learn PCK of mathematics in designing mathematics lessons, understanding mathematics learners and delivering mathematics lessons and what are the difficulties and challenges they experienced. Finally this study discussed about some suggestions to pre-service program and future research.

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