The Development of Diploma in Education Student Teachers’ Mathematics Pedagogical Content Knowledge |
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| Authors: | Suat Khoh Lim-Teo Kwee Gek Chua Wai Kwong Cheang Joseph K Yeo |
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| Institution: | (1) Foundation Programmes Office, National Institute of Education, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore, 637616, Singapore |
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| Abstract: | Mathematics pedagogical content knowledge (MPCK) of teachers cannot be easily defined but is a complex concept integrating
generic pedagogical knowledge, mathematics teaching methodology as well as knowledge of the discipline of mathematics. It
is the objective of mathematics methodology courses in teacher preparation programmes to begin the development of MPCK in
their pre-service teachers. As part of a research study on the development of MPCK in primary school beginning teachers, a
16-item instrument was developed to measure some aspects of the MPCK for teaching mathematics at primary level. The instrument
was administered to the 2003 Intake of the Diploma in Education student teachers at the National Institute of Education, Singapore
just at the beginning of their programme. As they completed their methodology course in February 2005, the instrument was
administered again. This paper will discuss the findings concerning their performance in these two tests, with reference to
the overall performance as well as topic-specific and MPCK construct-specific performance. The findings indicate that student
teachers at the beginning of their programmes are generally quite weak in their mathematics pedagogical content knowledge,
as might be expected. There was significant improvement in some aspects of their MPCK on completion of their mathematics pedagogy
course. |
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| Keywords: | mathematics mathematics education mathematics pedagogical content knowledge teacher education teacher knowledge |
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