Ebook: Tasks in Primary Mathematics Teacher Education: Purpose, Use and Exemplars

Intends to advance relevant research and international practices in the preparation and professional development of mathematics teachers. Emerging from discussion at the ICMI study on teacher professional development, this title states that the choice of tasks, and the associated pedagogies, is a key aspect of teaching and learning mathematics.;Preliminaries; Preface; Contents; Tasks using Video Clips of Children in a Content Mathematics Course for Future Elementary School Teachers; Function, Form and Focus: The Role of Tasks in Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education; Using Lesson Study to Develop an Appreciation of and Competence in Task Design; Reflecting on the Process of Task Adaptation and Extension: The Case of Computational Starters; Tasks for Primary Student Teachers: A Task of Mathematics Teacher Educators.