TY - JOUR
T1 - Combining theories in research in mathematics teacher education
AU - Tsamir, Pessia
AU - Tirosh, Dina
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank the Israel-United States Binational Science Foundation (BSF) (Grant 92– 00276), whose support made this work possible. The ideas presented here are those of the authors, and no endorsement by BSF should be inferred.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - In this paper, we describe how the combination of two theories, each embedded in a different realm, may contribute to evaluating teachers' knowledge. One is Shulman's theory, embedded in general, teacher education, and the other is Fischbein's theory, addressing learners' mathematical conceptions and misconceptions. We first briefly describe each of the two theories and our suggestions for combining them, formulating the Shulman- Fischbein framework. Then, we present two research segments that illustrate the potential of the implementation of the Shulman-Fischbein framework to the study of mathematics teachers' ways of thinking. We conclude with general comments on possible contributions of combining theories that were developed in mathematics education and in other domains to mathematics teacher education.
AB - In this paper, we describe how the combination of two theories, each embedded in a different realm, may contribute to evaluating teachers' knowledge. One is Shulman's theory, embedded in general, teacher education, and the other is Fischbein's theory, addressing learners' mathematical conceptions and misconceptions. We first briefly describe each of the two theories and our suggestions for combining them, formulating the Shulman- Fischbein framework. Then, we present two research segments that illustrate the potential of the implementation of the Shulman-Fischbein framework to the study of mathematics teachers' ways of thinking. We conclude with general comments on possible contributions of combining theories that were developed in mathematics education and in other domains to mathematics teacher education.
KW - Algorithmic knowledge
KW - Fischbein's theory
KW - Formal knowledge
KW - Fractions
KW - Infinity
KW - Pedagogical content knowledge
KW - Shulman's theory
KW - Subject matter knowledge
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84867355879&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11858-008-0142-8
DO - 10.1007/s11858-008-0142-8
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AN - SCOPUS:84867355879
VL - 40
SP - 861
EP - 872
JO - ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education
JF - ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education
SN - 1863-9690
IS - 5
ER -