Pre-service Mathematical Education of Teachers

Abstract

The topic study group on pre-service mathematical education of teachers is dedicated to sharing and discussing of significant new trends and development in research and practice about the various kinds of education of pre-service mathematics teachers and of pre-service primary teachers who teach mathematics and are trained as generalists. It aimed to provide both an overview of the current state-of-the-art as well as outstanding recent research reports from an international perspective. The group discussed research experiences with different practices of pre-service mathematical education of (mathematics) teachers throughout the world, i.e. similarities and differences concerning the formal mathematical education of teachers, types and routes of teacher education, curricula of (mathematics) teacher education, facets of knowledge and differences in their achievements and beliefs about the nature of their training, and a variety of factors that influence these differences.