Pub Date : 2021-09-23DOI: 10.4324/9781003172529-10
J. Sarama, D. Clements, Shannon S. Guss
{"title":"Longitudinal evaluation of a scale-up model for professional development in early mathematics","authors":"J. Sarama, D. Clements, Shannon S. Guss","doi":"10.4324/9781003172529-10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003172529-10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422953,"journal":{"name":"Early Childhood Teachers' Professional Competence in Mathematics","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128196102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is pivotal for effective classroom instruction. Unfortunately, research on the acquisition of preschool teachers' PCK in the domain of early mathematics and how this knowledge relates to their mathematical classroom activities is scarce. The present contribution investigates (1) the acquisition of PCK in pre-service and in-service preschool teachers and (2) the association between preschool teachers' PCK and self-reported classroom activities in the domain of early mathematics. We offered a scenario-based questionnaire to 162 pre-service preschool teachers and 75 in-service preschool teachers to assess their PCK in the domain of early mathematics. Additionally, in-service preschool teachers fulfilled a questionnaire about their mathematical classroom activities. Our findings demonstrated that first-year pre-service preschool teachers scored significantly lower than second- and third-year pre-service preschool teachers. Furthermore, this latter group achieved a significantly lower PCK score than in-service teachers. Second, we observed a positive association between teachers' PCK and the classroom activities in the domain of early mathematics they reported to provide. Overall, our findings point to the interplay between PCK and effective classroom activities in preschool mathematics, and to the importance of teacher training and professional development programs, including opportunities to enhance the acquisition of this important knowledge.
{"title":"Preschool teachers' mathematical pedagogical content knowledge and self-reported classroom activities","authors":"Joke Torbeyns, Febe Demedts, F. Depaepe","doi":"10.4324/9781003172529-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003172529-2","url":null,"abstract":"Teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is pivotal for effective classroom instruction. Unfortunately, research on the acquisition of preschool teachers' PCK in the domain of early mathematics and how this knowledge relates to their mathematical classroom activities is scarce. The present contribution investigates (1) the acquisition of PCK in pre-service and in-service preschool teachers and (2) the association between preschool teachers' PCK and self-reported classroom activities in the domain of early mathematics. We offered a scenario-based questionnaire to 162 pre-service preschool teachers and 75 in-service preschool teachers to assess their PCK in the domain of early mathematics. Additionally, in-service preschool teachers fulfilled a questionnaire about their mathematical classroom activities. Our findings demonstrated that first-year pre-service preschool teachers scored significantly lower than second- and third-year pre-service preschool teachers. Furthermore, this latter group achieved a significantly lower PCK score than in-service teachers. Second, we observed a positive association between teachers' PCK and the classroom activities in the domain of early mathematics they reported to provide. Overall, our findings point to the interplay between PCK and effective classroom activities in preschool mathematics, and to the importance of teacher training and professional development programs, including opportunities to enhance the acquisition of this important knowledge.","PeriodicalId":422953,"journal":{"name":"Early Childhood Teachers' Professional Competence in Mathematics","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125284622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How pre-service teacher training changes prospective ECEC teachers' emotions about mathematics","authors":"O. Thiel","doi":"10.4324/9781003172529-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003172529-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422953,"journal":{"name":"Early Childhood Teachers' Professional Competence in Mathematics","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123524477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Voices of competence","authors":"H. Ginsburg","doi":"10.4324/9781003172529-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003172529-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422953,"journal":{"name":"Early Childhood Teachers' Professional Competence in Mathematics","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115834310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-23DOI: 10.4324/9781003172529-12
A. Jegodtka, G. Hosoya, Markus Szczesny, Lars Jenßen, C. Schmude
{"title":"The relative frequency of mathematical learning opportunities in the morning circle in relation to the development of children's mathematical competencies","authors":"A. Jegodtka, G. Hosoya, Markus Szczesny, Lars Jenßen, C. Schmude","doi":"10.4324/9781003172529-12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003172529-12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422953,"journal":{"name":"Early Childhood Teachers' Professional Competence in Mathematics","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121902020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karoline Rettenbacher, Lars Eichen, Manfred R. Pfiffner, Catherine Walter-Laager
{"title":"Age-appropriate performance expectations and learning objectives of early childhood teachers in the field of mathematics","authors":"Karoline Rettenbacher, Lars Eichen, Manfred R. Pfiffner, Catherine Walter-Laager","doi":"10.4324/9781003172529-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003172529-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422953,"journal":{"name":"Early Childhood Teachers' Professional Competence in Mathematics","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132261287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-23DOI: 10.4324/9781003172529-11
Camilla Björklund, Hanna Palmér
{"title":"Pre-school teachers' ways of promoting mathematical learning in picture book reading","authors":"Camilla Björklund, Hanna Palmér","doi":"10.4324/9781003172529-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003172529-11","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422953,"journal":{"name":"Early Childhood Teachers' Professional Competence in Mathematics","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131757495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supporting pre-service early childhood educators to identify mathematical activities in the actions of preverbal young children","authors":"A. Cooke, J. Jay","doi":"10.4324/9781003172529-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003172529-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":422953,"journal":{"name":"Early Childhood Teachers' Professional Competence in Mathematics","volume":"148 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123503219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}