Characteristics of out-of-field teaching: Teacher beliefs and competencies

Sven Schueler (1) , Bettina Roesken-Winter (1) , Jochen Weissenrieder (1) , Anselm Lambert (2) , Matthias Römer (2)

1 HU Berlin - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin = Humboldt University of Berlin = Université Humboldt de Berlin
2 Universität des Saarlandes [Saarbrücken]

In recent years, some efforts have been made to consolidate out-of-field-teaching as research field in mathematics education. Taking teachers' professional knowledge as reference frame, out-of-field-teachers seem less qualified regarding CK and PCK in mathematics than teachers that were especially trained to teach their subject. In this paper, we approach the phenomenon of out-of-field-teaching by focusing on both teachers' beliefs and competencies while the latter is operationalized as skills in designing mathematical tasks for written exams. Data was collected throughout a qualification program particularly focusing on out-of-field-teachers' domain-specific professional knowledge. We discuss in detail design aspects of our ongoing research and give first insights into the changes of out-of-field-teachers' beliefs reflecting their professional development in the course of the qualification program.

Mots clés: Out-of-field-teaching; beliefs; competencies; CPD

Domaines: Education; Histoire et perspectives sur les mathématiques [math.HO]

Sven Schueler, Bettina Roesken-Winter, Jochen Weissenrieder, Anselm Lambert, Matthias Römer. Characteristics of out-of-field teaching: Teacher beliefs and competencies. CERME 9 - Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education; ERME, Feb 2015, Prague, Czech Republic. pp.3254-3261. ⟨hal-01289877⟩