Abstract
Background:
This study presents a methodology for investigating teacher learning in and from practice based on discourses that are in constant flux and transformation. Conceptualizing teacher learning as a frame of meaning based on knowing and doing discourses, the ideas are illustrated through data collected from a secondary mathematics teacher conducting an inquiry of self-practice.
Material and methods:
Narrative analysis of the data from the teacher interviews was conducted along with classroom observations of the teacher’s mathematical practice
Results:
The data supported that tracing shifts in teacher discourses enables to understand the connection between the teacher’s past discourses and the present discourses when identifying teacher learning.
Conclusions:
It is concluded that tracking teacher learning through two complementary discourses of the teacher’s instructional practice enabled a unification of individual and collective levels of the teacher learning by self-inquiry of own practice. Moreover, through the continuum of discourses, this study provided insights about the generation of new meanings through transformation of old meanings in the teacher learning.
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Article Type: Research Article
EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 13, Issue 6, June 2017, 1919-1942
https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2017.01208a
Publication date: 15 Jun 2017
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