Professionalizing primary school mathematics teacher educators

Keijzer, R., Kool, M., Veldhuis, M., Stuber, S., & Roelofs, J. (2023). Professionalizing primary school mathematics teacher educators. In EAPRIL 2022 conference proceedings (pp. 10-22). Leuven: EAPRIL.

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Mathematics teacher educators in primary teacher education need expert knowledge and skills in teaching in primary school, in subject matter and research. Most starting mathematics teacher educators possess only part of this knowledge and skills. A professional development trajectory for this group is developed and tested, where a design based research is used to evaluate the design. This paper describes the professional development trajectory and it’s design. We conclude that the professional development design should focus on mathematical knowledge for teaching, should refer to both teacher education and primary education, should offer opportunities for cooperative learning, and need to use practice based research as a developmental tool.