Abstract
The paper examines some characteristics of learning events of a community of mathematics educators. Participation in the community entailed gaining familiarity with agreed upon conventions, goals, and forms of communication. The case discussed herein is an attempt to convey the complexities underlying learning in such a community through (re)negotiation of practices and goals. The notion ofreflective discourse is borrowed to describe a group discussion involving collective reflection that constituted an occasion for meaningful learning.
Kurzreferat
Im Beitrag werden einige Charakteristika von Lernereignissen in einer Gemeinschaft von Mathematiklehrer(inne)n untersucht. Die Arbeit in der Gemeinschaft unterstützt, mit vereinbarten Konventionen. Zielen und Kommunikationsformen vertraut zu werden. Die im Beitrag diskutierte Fallstudie versucht die Komplexität aufzuzeigen, die einem Lernen durch Aushandlungen von Praxis und Zielen in solch einer Gemeinschaft zugrundeliegt Mit Hilfe des Begriffs desreflektiven Diskurses soll eine Gruppendiskussion mit kollektiver Reflexion beschrieben werden, die Möglichkeiten für bedeutsames Lernen schafft.
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