Mathematics teacher education advanced methods: an example in dynamic geometry

• Published in: ZDM Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 399 - 411
• Main Authors: Gueudet, Ghislaine, Trouche, Luc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.07.2011; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Collaboration; Education; Learning; Learning Processes; Mathematical analysis; Mathematics; Mathematics Education; Original Article; Professional development; Students; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching Methods; Training; Training path; Documentational approach; Mathematics teacher education; Community of practice; Dynamic geometry environment (DGE); Inquiry-based learning and teaching
• ISSN: 1863-9690; 1863-9704
• DOI: 10.1007/s11858-011-0313-x

We present a research work about an innovative national teacher training program in France: the Pairform@nce program, designed to sustain ICT integration. We study here training for secondary school teachers, whose objective is to foster the development of an inquiry-based approach in the teaching of mathematics, using investigative potentialities of dynamic geometry environments. We adopt the theoretical background of the documentational approach to didactics . We focus on the interactions between teachers and resources : teachers’ professional knowledge influences these interactions, which at the same time yield knowledge evolutions, a twofold process that we conceptualise as a documentational genesis . We followed in particular the work of a team of trainees; drawing on the data collected, we analyse their professional development, related with the training. We observe intertwined evolutions and stabilities, consistent with ongoing geneses.