Metaphor perceptions of pre-service teachers towards mathematics and mathematics education in preschool education

Pre-service teachers’ views about their mathematics teacher education modules

How to cite this article: Gierdien, F. (2012). Preservice teachers’ views about their mathematics teacher education modules. Pythagoras, 33(1), Art. #134, 10 pages. http://dx.doi. org/10.4102/pythagoras. v33i1.134 This article reports on the views of intermediate and senior phase pre-service teachers (PSTs) enrolled in mathematics education modules that attempt to teach both content and pedagog...

What ain’t mathematics education?!

Abstract: In 1996 at the first Iranian Mathematics Education Conference (IMEC1) that was held in Isfahan. I obliged myself as a mathematics educator, to inform the mathematics community at large by presenting a paper entitled “what is mathematics education?” to pave the way for the establishment of the master program of mathematics education in Iran. Now, after 16 years, we need to reflect on t...

Philosophy of Mathematics, Mathematics Education, and Philosophy of Mathematics Education

The Mis-Education of Mathematics Teachers

I f we want to produce good French teachers in schools, should we require them to learn Latin in college but not French? After all, Latin is the mother language of French and is linguistically more complex than French; by mastering a more complex language teachers could enhance their understanding of the French they already know from their school days. To correlate their knowledge of French wit...

Mathematics, Mathematicians, and Mathematics Education

I am one of a growing number of research mathematicians who are substantially engaged with school mathematics education. Such outreach has a long and honorable tradition. In this lecture, I illustrate some of the ways that I think this can be helpful, and even essential. Upon his retirement in 1990 as president of the ICMI, Jean Pierre Kahane spoke perceptively of the intimate connection betwee...