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Expertise in Mathematics Instruction

An International Perspective

  • Addresses the need for research into teacher expertise in mathematics education
  • Offers unique international perspective, comparing Eastern and Western expertise practices
  • Contributes to an important, and ongoing discussion within mathematics education
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Introduction and Research Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Images of Expertise in Mathematics Teaching

      • Rosemary S. Russ, Bruce Sherin, Miriam Gamoran Sherin
      Pages 41-60
  3. Expertise in Mathematics Instruction in a Western Setting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
  4. Expertise in Mathematics Instruction from a Western Perspective

    1. Expertise in Swiss Mathematics Instruction

      • Christine Pauli, Kurt Reusser
      Pages 85-107
    2. Effects of a Research-Based Learning Approach in Teacher Professional Development

      • Florian H. Müller, Irina Andreitz, Konrad Krainer, Johannes Mayr
      Pages 131-150
  5. Expertise in Mathematics Instruction in an Eastern Setting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
  6. Cross-National Comparison and Reflections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293
  7. Cross-national Comparison and Reflections

    1. Reflections on Teacher Expertise

      • Alan H. Schoenfeld
      Pages 327-341

About this book

Accumulated research findings in past decades have led to the common knowledge that teachers’ professional knowledge is essential to effective classroom instruction. However, there is still very limited understanding about the nature of teachers’ expertise in mathematics instruction. Expertise in Mathematics Instruction addresses this need clearly and concisely. In particular, it examines all aspects of emphases employed to characterize the nature of expertise in mathematics instruction from both researchers’ and practitioners’ perspectives. Moreover, with research contributions from both the East and the West, this book also examines ideas pertinent to fostering and demonstrating expertise in mathematics instruction within different system contexts. This book will raise questions and issues for mathematics education researchers to guide a critical examination of what can be learned from other education systems.

Expertise in Mathematics Instruction builds on its theoretical and methodological approach with contributions from international experts in the field. Additionally, a review of related research from mathematics education serves as an introduction to the new research in both Eastern and Western settings. Concluding this resource is a reflection on the benefits of this international collaboration and possible research directions for the future. The final chapter cohesively joins traditional and current research for action.

Expertise in Mathematics Instruction is of interest to researchers in mathematics education, mathematics teacher educators, and mathematics educators.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Teaching, Learning & Culture, Texas A & M University, College Station, USA

    Yeping Li

  • FB Erziehungswissenschaft, Inst. Didaktik der Mathematik, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Gabriele Kaiser

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Expertise in Mathematics Instruction

  • Book Subtitle: An International Perspective

  • Editors: Yeping Li, Gabriele Kaiser

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7707-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-7706-9Published: 21 December 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8136-3Published: 10 October 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-7707-6Published: 15 December 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 372

  • Topics: Mathematics Education, Teaching and Teacher Education

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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