TY - JOUR
T1 - Insights from a teacher professional development course
T2 - Rona’s changing perspectives regarding mathematically-talented students
AU - Levenson, Esther
AU - Gal, Hagar
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - This paper considers studying changes in teachers' perspectives regarding the teaching of mathematically talented students learning in heterogeneous classes. We investigate these changes through a case study of Rona, a teacher who participated in the professional development program "From One End to the Other" held in The David Yellin College of Education, Israel. The analysis focuses on 3 categories of change: awareness, practice, and self-efficacy. The results concerning Rona, 1 of the participants, demonstrate a rise in awareness of talented students, a change in the ways of meeting the needs of these students, and a rise in self-efficacy regarding the teaching of talented students. Moreover, it was found that changes in 1 category are interwoven with changes in the other categories.
AB - This paper considers studying changes in teachers' perspectives regarding the teaching of mathematically talented students learning in heterogeneous classes. We investigate these changes through a case study of Rona, a teacher who participated in the professional development program "From One End to the Other" held in The David Yellin College of Education, Israel. The analysis focuses on 3 categories of change: awareness, practice, and self-efficacy. The results concerning Rona, 1 of the participants, demonstrate a rise in awareness of talented students, a change in the ways of meeting the needs of these students, and a rise in self-efficacy regarding the teaching of talented students. Moreover, it was found that changes in 1 category are interwoven with changes in the other categories.
KW - awareness
KW - change
KW - heterogeneous class
KW - mathematically talented students
KW - practice
KW - professional development
KW - self-efficacy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84884815102&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10763-012-9368-6
DO - 10.1007/s10763-012-9368-6
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AN - SCOPUS:84884815102
SN - 1571-0068
VL - 11
SP - 1087
EP - 1114
JO - International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
JF - International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
IS - 5
ER -