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Paving the Way for Mathematical Literacy in the 21st Century: Pre-service Mathematics Education, Professional Development and Professional Networks

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The quality of any education system is significantly dependent on the quality of teachers in that system (Barber, Mourshed, How the World’s Best-Performing School Systems Come out on Top. McKinsey & Company, New York, 2007). A twenty-first century teacher professionalism requiring specialist knowledge and skills is essential for ensuring the quality of teachers (Darling-Hammond, Journal of Teacher Education 6:35–47, 2010). This chapter presents a multi-faceted and multi-dimensional framework which synergises a teacher education institute, the Ministry of Education, and professional teacher organisations in providing teacher education for a twenty-first century mathematics teacher in Singapore from pre-service through life-long professional development. Singapore’s pragmatic approach in preparing teachers who can adapt to the constantly changing education landscape will be discussed. Directions for future developments towards life-long, life-wide, life-deep, and life-wise Singapore teacher education will be outlined.

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Kit, E., Eng, G. (2021). Paving the Way for Mathematical Literacy in the 21st Century: Pre-service Mathematics Education, Professional Development and Professional Networks. In: Tan, O.S., Low, E.L., Tay, E.G., Yan, Y.K. (eds) Singapore Math and Science Education Innovation. Empowering Teaching and Learning through Policies and Practice: Singapore and International Perspectives, vol 1. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1357-9_12

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