Mathematics teacher educators’ critical colleagueship

Suela Kacerja (1) , Rune Herheim (2)

1 Bergen University College
2 Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

In this paper, we apply the ideas of Lord (1994) about critical colleagueship to understand how mathematics teacher educators (MTEs) can work together to become more critical in their teaching practices. There is relatively little research on MTEs’ learning and development from a critical perspective. Our study examines a group of MTEs working together to develop novel teaching and do research about initiating critical discussions. During two meetings, the MTEs discussed their different perspectives after using indices such as the Body Mass Index (BMI) in teaching. Identified examples of Lord’s elements were a willingness to seek and try out promising ideas, and being open to share perspectives and ask for arguments. Such collaboration supports reflections for developing teaching and research.

Mots clés: Critical colleagueship; mathematics teacher educators; reflections

Domaines: Mathématiques [math]; Education

Suela Kacerja, Rune Herheim. Mathematics teacher educators’ critical colleagueship. Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Utrecht University, Feb 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands. ⟨hal-02422559⟩