Research Catalog

Title

The teacher development continuum in the United States and China : summary of a workshop / Ana Ferreras and Steve Olsen, rapporteurs ; A. Ester Sztein, editor ; U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction ; Board on International Scientific Organizations, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ferreras, Ana
• Olson, Steve, 1956-
• Sztein, A. Ester
• United States National Commission on Mathematics Instruction
• National Research Council (U.S.). Board on International Scientific Organizations
• National Academies Press (U.S.)

Description

x, 58 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"In 1999, Liping Ma published her book Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in the United States and China, which probed the kinds of knowledge that elementary school teachers need to convey mathematical concepts and procedures effectively to their students. Later that year, Roger Howe, a member of the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNC/MI), reviewed the book for the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, concluding that it 'has lessons for all educational policymakers.' Intrigued by the idea of superrank teachers, the USNC/MI sponsored a workshop entitled 'The Teacher Development Continuum in the United States and China'. The purpose of the workshop was to examine the structure of the mathematics teaching profession in the United States and China. The main presentations and discussion from the workshop are summarized in this volume."--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Mathematics > Study and teaching > United States > Congresses
• Mathematics > Study and teaching > China > Congresses
• Mathematics teachers > Training of > United States > Congresses
• Mathematics teachers > Training of > China > Congresses
• Master teachers > United States > Congresses
• Master teachers > China > Congresses
• Teacher educators > United States > Congresses
• Teacher educators > China > Congresses

Note

• Summary of a workshop held in Newport Beach, Calif., July 31-Aug. 2, 2009, which brought together about 40 mathematics educators, mathematicians, education researchers, and other mathematics education specialists from the United States and China.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-40).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in Open Book format via the National Academies Press home page.

Contents

Comparisons between mathematics education in China and the United States -- Mathematics education in the United States -- Teacher preparation and the roles of master teachers in China -- Teacher preparation and the roles of master teachers in the United States -- Comparisons and unanswered questions.

ISBN

• 9780309151634
• 0309151635

OCLC

• ocn689997141
• 689997141
• SCSB-5557011

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries