Professional narratives in mathematics teacher education

• Author(s): Ponte, João Pedro da
• Date: 2001
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/4521
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
• Subject(s): Narratives; Professional knowledge; Mathematics; Professional develoment
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

In recent years, narratives gained prominence in many educational fields, especially in teacher education and in research on teaching. In this paper I discuss why narratives may be of interest both for mathematics teachers’ professional development and for researchers that investigate teachers’ professional knowledge.