| Abstract: | The overriding aim of MANOR – a national mathematics teacher center – in the last decade has been to provide a theoretically
sound, research-based and practically feasible framework to support Professional Development (PD) for teachers of mathematics
at a time of curriculum reform in Israel. This paper focuses on the preparation of, and support for, providers of PD for teachers
of mathematics, offered at MANOR. The paper describes various components of MANOR (the MANOR Program, Forum, Conferences,
individual support, and Resource Files) after 10 years of activity, situating MANOR in the Israeli context. The paper also
elaborates the theoretical orientations on which MANOR draws, with relation to a central characteristic of MANOR, namely,
the integration of knowledge and practice in the development of PD providers.
Note: Based on a paper presented at the Presidential Invited Symposium on “Social Contexts and Practices for Promoting Teacher
Learning: Insights from Professional Development Research Projects in Mathematics and Science in South Africa, Portugal, and
Israel” at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA, USA, April 2004. |
