Value Systems of Prospective Teachers

The value of teachers’ pensions

We are grateful to the Office for Manpower Economics for funding for this project and to the Economic and Social Research Council for co-funding through the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy at IFS (M544285003). The authors also thank Paul Johnson, David Miner, Steve Palmer, and Grant Whitfield for useful advice and assistance, and the Economic and Social Research Coun...

Running head : PROSPECTIVE SCIENCE TEACHERS ’ UNDERSTANDING 1 Prospective Science Teachers ’ Understanding of Science and Engineering Practices

Prospective teachers’ knowledge: Concept of division

The purpose of this study was to determine prospective teachers’ knowledge about the concept of division. One focus of interest was whether the prospective teachers were able to represent division of fractions. The participants were introduced to an alternative model for representation of fractions based on a rate or ratio model of division involving whole numbers. A second focus of interest wa...

Prospective Primary School Teachers’ Perception of Randomness

Subjective perception of randomness has been researched by psychologists and mathematics educators, using a variety of tasks, resulting in a number of different descriptions for the biases that characterize people's performances. Analyzing prospective teachers’ possible biases concerning randomness is highly relevant as new mathematics curricula for compulsory teaching levels are being proposed...

Prospective Teachers’ Knowledge of Constructing Concept Maps

This paper presents an exploratory study that investigated prospective teachers’ knowledge of concept mapping. Current research emphasizes concept mapping as an important tool in the classroom for teaching, learning and assessment of student learning. Despite the large number of studies on K-12 students’ use of concept mapping, there are very few studies on prospective teachers’ knowledge of co...