Collaboration in Teacher Education

by Peter-Koop, Andrea; Santos-Wagner, Vania; Breen, Chris; Begg, Andy

• ISBN13: 9781402013928
• ISBN10: 1402013922
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

Change is an ongoing aspect of education and educators are always seeking alternative and effective approaches to it. The approaches, in the context of mathematics teacher education, discussed in this book are based on joint work between the individuals involved in the process. However, the factors that influence success within co-operative or collaborative change processes have not been the focus of scientific investigation. This book systematically investigates collaborative endeavours in a number of different domains of teacher education. The fifteen chapters in the four main sections of the book explore and reflect on a variety of issues related to collaborative mathematics teacher education practice and research - such as classroom coaching, mentoring or co-learning agreements - highlighting the evolution and implications of collaborative enterprises in different cultural settings. The resultant accounts should appeal to educational researchers, research students and practitioners around the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Helen Christiansen, Caroline Krentz and Linda Goulet
PROLOGUE	1	(4)
PART ONE: INVESTIGATING INITIAL AND ONGOING TEACHER EDUCATION	5	(64)
1 A Journey towards Collaboration	7	(16)
Sue Southwood and Jaap Kuiper
2 Collaboration and Sharing as Crucial Elements of Professional Development	23	(18)
Steven Nisbet, Elizabeth Warren and Tom Cooper
3 The Evolution of an Interdisciplinary Collaborative for Pre-Service Teacher Reform-Research Informs Practice	41	(16)
Marilyn Carlson, Michelle Zandieh, Irene Bloom and Daiyo Sawada
4 An Approach to Collaboration in Elementary Pre-Service Teacher Education	57	(12)
Victoria Sánchez
PART TWO: FURTHER ISSUES IN TEACHER EDUCATION	69	(64)
5 Classroom Coaching as a Collaborative Activity in Professional Development	71	(14)
Joanne Rossi Becker and Barbara J. Pence
6 A Collaborative Project Using Narratives-What Happens when Pupils Work on Mathematical Investigations?	85	(14)
João Pedro da Ponte, Maria Irene Segurado and Hélia Oliveira
7 The Role of Collaboration for Developing Teacher-Researchers	99	(14)
Vânia Santos-Wagner
8 Sharing Teacher Training Methods-The Case of Problematic Learning Situations in Geometry	113	(20)
Hagar Gal, Liora Linchevski and Anne Cockburn
PART THREE: WORKING WITH OTHER IMPORTANT PARTNERS IN DIFFERENT SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXTS	133	(78)
9 Co-Learning in the Collaborative Mathematics Classroom	135	(18)
Julie-Ann Edwards and Keith Jones
10 Collaborative Practice with Parents-The Role of the Researcher as Mediator	153	(16)
Marta Civil and Rosi Andrade
11 The Role of the Principal in Mathematics Teacher Development Bridging the Dichotomy between Leadership and Collaboration	169	(22)
Konrad Kramer and Andrea Peter-Koop
12 Intercultural Collaboration: A Celebration of Commonalties and Differences	191	(20)
Bridget Arvold
PART FOUR: ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON COLLABORATION	211	(58)
13 A Case for Collaborative Staff Development A Path Layered while Walking	213	(22)
Chris Breen, Gabebo Agherdien and Agatha Lebethe
14 Collaborative Reflection through Sharing Significant Incidents	235	(18)
Francis Lopez-Real
15 More than Collaboration: Concern, Connection, Community and Curriculum	253	(16)
Andy Begg
EPILOGUE	269	(4)
INDEX	273