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Mathematics Teacher Educator Knowledge for Teaching Teachers

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Mathematics teacher educators (MTEs), like mathematics teachers, should be considered as change agents in the ongoing efforts to improve the teaching of school mathematics. It is therefore important to research MTEs in similar ways to teachers in order to understand the nature of their knowledge and practice to support meaningful change or growth in teachers’ professional knowledge and practice. This chapter addresses ways in which MTE knowledge is being conceptualized in research with particular focus on the six chapters in this section of the book. It presents ways in which mathematics teacher knowledge has been conceptualized – ways that are related to the knowledge MTEs should hold to teach teachers. It then discusses MTE knowledge as indicated or implied by the studies in the six chapters with a focus on MTE knowledge as mathematics teacher knowledge, as knowledge of mathematics teacher education, and as beliefs. Finally, it addresses issues in conceptualizing MTE knowledge with implications for ongoing research.

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  1. Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Olive Chapman

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  1. School of Education, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

    Merrilyn Goos

  2. School of Education, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Kim Beswick

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Chapman, O. (2021). Mathematics Teacher Educator Knowledge for Teaching Teachers. In: Goos, M., Beswick, K. (eds) The Learning and Development of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Research in Mathematics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62408-8_21

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