Replacing the "teacher-proof" curriculum with the "curriculum-proof" teacher : toward a more systematic way for mathematics teachers to interact with their textbooks
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This research examines when and how secondary mathematics teachers adapt textbook curricula within "typical" cycles of planning and teaching over the course of a school year. The curriculum use of four middle and high school teachers was examined before (September) and after (December, March) engagement in a form of professional development called the Mathematics Curriculum Assessment and Adaptation (MCAA) process. Classroom materials were collected from teachers at three distinct points in the school year, at which time teachers were observed and interviewed about their planning and teaching practices. Overall, the number of textbook materials teachers used as-is dropped dramatically while the number of materials they adapted increased. This finding was true regardless of teaching experience, teaching context, textbook used or content taught, and was reflected in changes in teachers' commentaries about their planning and teaching and changes in classroom practice. Furthermore, the types of adaptations teachers made to their curricula were more reflective of the MCAA process in March than they were in the beginning of the school year. This dissertation research sits within the broader domain of understanding how mathematics teachers use curriculum and raises new questions about how, when and why teachers make changes to textbook materials.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2010 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Taylor, Megan Westwood |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, School of Education. |
| Primary advisor | Murata, Aki |
| Thesis advisor | Murata, Aki |
| Thesis advisor | Boaler, Jo, 1964- |
| Thesis advisor | Borko, Hilda |
| Thesis advisor | Stipek, Deborah J, 1950- |
| Advisor | Boaler, Jo, 1964- |
| Advisor | Borko, Hilda |
| Advisor | Stipek, Deborah J, 1950- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Megan Westwood Taylor. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the School of Education. |
| Thesis | Ph.D. Stanford University 2010 |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2010 by Megan Westwood Taylor
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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