Effective mathematics teaching from teachers' perspectives : : national and cross-national studies / / Jinfa Cai [and three others].

• VerfasserIn: Cai, Jinfa,
• TeilnehmendeR: Cai, Jinfa,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

What is effective mathematics teaching? This book represents the first purposeful cross-cultural collection of studies to answer this question from teachers’ perspectives. It focuses particularly on how teachers view effective teaching of mathematics. Teachers’ voices are heard and celebrated throughout the studies reported in this volume. These studies are drawn from many parts of the world representing both Eastern and Western cultural traditions. The editors and authors have deliberately included the views of teachers and educators from different cultural backgrounds, taking into account that beliefs on effective mathematics teaching and its features are highly influenced by one’s own culture. The book will provide readers and scholars with the stimulus to take the ideas presented and expand on them in ways that help improve mathematics education for children, teachers and researchers in both the East and the West.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Jinfa Cai , Gabriele Kaiser , Bob Perry and Ngai-Ying Wong -- What is Effective Teaching? / Jinfa Cai , Bob Perry , Ngai-Ying Wong and Tao Wang -- What is Effective Mathematics Teaching? International Educators’ Judgments of Mathematics Lessons from the TIMSS 1999 Video Study / Karen Bogard Givvin , Jennifer Jacobs , Hilary Hollingsworth and James Hiebert -- What is “Good” Mathematics Instruction? / Sebastian Kuntze and Franziska Rudolph-Albert -- Good Mathematics Teaching and the Role of Students’ Mathematical Thinking / Patricia S. Wilson and Kanita K. Ducloux -- In Search of Effective Mathematics Teaching Practice: The Malaysian Mathematics Teachers’ Dilemma / Chap Sam Lim -- What are Teacher’s Beliefs about Effective Mathematics Teaching? / Katja Maass -- Examining the Nature of Effective Teaching through Master Teachers’ Lesson Evaluation in China / Rongjin Huang and Yeping Li -- Teachers’ Beliefs, Instructional Practices, and Culture: Understanding Effective Mathematics Teaching in the Philippines / Catherine P. Vistro-Yu and Rosemarievic Villena-Diaz -- Effective Mathematics Teaching in Finland Through the Eyes of Elementary Student Teachers / Raimo Kaasila and Erkki Pehkonen -- On the Quality of Mathematics Lesson: Do Elementary Mathematics Teachers Have Similar Views as Students and Their School? / Yeping Li , Gerald Kulm , Rongjin Huang and Meixia Ding -- Beliefs about Mathematics and Effective Teaching among Elementary Mathematics Teachers in Hong Kong / Qian-Ting Wong , Ngai-Ying Wong , Chi-Chung Lam and Qiao-Ping Zhang -- “Effective Teaching of Mathematics” by Teachers, for Teachers: An Australian Case Study / Will Morony -- The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching: Setting the Standard / Iris R. Weiss , P. Sean Smith and Sharon K. O’Kelley -- Studying Effective Teaching from Teachers’ Perspectives / Jinfa Cai , Tao Wang , Ning Wang and Tiffany Garber -- Editors and Contributors / Jinfa Cai , Gabriele Kaiser , Bob Perry and Ngai-Ying Wong.