From Teachers’ Predispositions to Different Socio-didactical Situations

Authors

  • Mette Dreier Hjelmborg UCL University College
  • Dorte Moeskær Larsen UCL University College
  • Mie Engelbert Jensen University College Syddanmark
  • Stine Dunkan Gents PH Absalon
  • Mette Strandgård Christensen PH Absalon
  • Lene Junge UCL University College
  • Rune Hansen University College Syddanmark

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21344/iartem.v12i1.728

Keywords:

Mathematics teachers’ resources, Orchestration, The Socio-Didactical tetrahedron, Redidactisation

Abstract

The use of textbooks and other learning resources in mathematics teaching has changed in the last decade. It is essential to investigate how this change is happening and what it means to students’ learning in order to improve teaching. In this paper we investigate more specifically how mathematics teachers make predispositions and interactions with their textbooks and other resources, and how these orchestrations and interactions influence their teaching. Three competent teachers were selected, interviewed, observed and videotaped in seven, nine and ten double lessons, respectively. The empirical data were analysed using Siedel and Stylianides’ (2018) classification of teachers’ different predispositions and driving forces, and by Rezat and Sträßer’s (2012) socio-didactical tetrahedron. The findings indicate that teachers’ predispositions and driving forces influence teaching in a very visible way in the socio-didactical tetrahedron, and this is an essential aspect to articulate in teacher-education programmes as well as in professional-development programmes.

Author Biographies

  • Mette Dreier Hjelmborg, UCL University College

    Mette Dreier Hjelmborg is an associate professor at Teacher Education, UCL University College, Denmark.

    The focus of her research is mathematical artefacts, the mathematical register and inquiry-based mathematics.

    Address: Niels Bohrs Alle 1, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.

    E-mail: [email protected]

  • Dorte Moeskær Larsen, UCL University College

    Dorte Moeskær Larsen is an associate professor at Teacher Education, UCL University College, Denmark.

    At University of Southern Denmark, she completed her Ph. D. in 2019 on the subject of developing reasoning competence in inquiry-based mathematics teaching.
    The focus of her research is mathematical artefacts, reasoning competence in mathematics and inquiry-based mathematics.

    Address: Niels Bohrs Alle 1, 5230 Odense M, Denmark.

    E-mail: [email protected]

  • Mie Engelbert Jensen, University College Syddanmark

    Mie Engelbert Jensen is an associate professor at Teacher Education, University College Syddanmark, Denmark

    The focus of her research is mathematics teaching artefacts, inquiry-based mathematics, task design, technology in mathematics teaching, expressions of mathematical competences, developing mathematics teacher’s education.

    Address: Lembckesvej 3-7, 6100 Haderslev, Denmark

    E-mail: [email protected]

  • Stine Dunkan Gents, PH Absalon

    Stine Dunkan Gents is an associate professor at Teacher Education, PHA, Vordingborg, Denmark

    The focus of her research is mathematical artefacts, inclusion, STEM and inquiry-based mathematics.

    Address: Kuskevej 1, 4760 Vordingborg, Denmark.

    E-mail: [email protected]

  • Mette Strandgård Christensen, PH Absalon

    Mette Strandgård Christensen is an assistant professor at Teacher Education, PHA, Roskilde, Denmark

    The focus of her research is mathematical artefacts, students with special needs and inquiry-based mathematics.

    Address: Trekroner Forskerpark 4, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.

    E-mail: [email protected]

  • Lene Junge, UCL University College

    Lene Junge is an associate professor at Teacher Education, UCL University College, Denmark.

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Published

2020-07-09

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How to Cite

From Teachers’ Predispositions to Different Socio-didactical Situations. (2020). IARTEM E-Journal, 12(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.21344/iartem.v12i1.728