Using ICT to support reflection in pre-service mathematics teacher education

This paper analyses a virtual supervision setting (e-mail and forum) during the practicum in a pre-service secondary school mathematics teacher education program. It is a study of the authors’ own professional practice using a qualitative-interpretative approach and case studies of student teachers....

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Autor principal: Ponte, João Pedro da (author)
Outros Autores: Oliveira, Paulo (author), Varandas, José Manuel (author), Oliveira, Hélia (author), Fonseca, Helena (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2011
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/3977
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/3977
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Resumo:This paper analyses a virtual supervision setting (e-mail and forum) during the practicum in a pre-service secondary school mathematics teacher education program. It is a study of the authors’ own professional practice using a qualitative-interpretative approach and case studies of student teachers. The results show that the setting was significant for pre-service teachers who had a more reflective attitude, but was seen as a burden by the others. The forum enabled fruitful reflections and discussions and e-mail was mostly used for organizational matters. In the future, attention must be paid to the role of the educational supervisor in fostering participation in the forum and use of e-mail.