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Title The teacher development continuum in the United States and China : summary of a workshop / Ana Ferreras and Steve Olsen, rapporteurs ; A. Ester Sztein, editor ; U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction ; Board on International Scientific Organizations, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2010], ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 58 pages) : illustrations
Contents Comparisons between mathematics education in China and the United States -- Mathematics education in the United States -- Teacher preparation and the roles of master teachers in China -- Teacher preparation and the roles of master teachers in the United States -- Comparisons and unanswered questions
Summary "In 1999, Liping Ma published her book Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics in the United States and China, which probed the kinds of knowledge that elementary school teachers need to convey mathematical concepts and procedures effectively to their students. Later that year, Roger Howe, a member of the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNC/MI), reviewed the book for the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, concluding that it 'has lessons for all educational policymakers.' Intrigued by the idea of superrank teachers, the USNC/MI sponsored a workshop entitled 'The Teacher Development Continuum in the United States and China'. The purpose of the workshop was to examine the structure of the mathematics teaching profession in the United States and China. The main presentations and discussion from the workshop are summarized in this volume."--Publisher's description
Notes Title from title screen (viewed August 10, 2011)
Summary of a workshop held in Newport Beach, Calif., July 31-Aug. 2, 2009, which brought together about 40 mathematics educators, mathematicians, education researchers, and other mathematics education specialists from the United States and China
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-40)
Subject Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Congresses
Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- China -- Congresses
Mathematics teachers -- Training of -- United States -- Congresses
Mathematics teachers -- Training of -- China -- Congresses
Master teachers -- United States -- Congresses
Master teachers -- China -- Congresses
Teacher educators -- United States -- Congresses
Teacher educators -- China -- Congresses
MATHEMATICS -- Study & Teaching.
Master teachers
Mathematics -- Study and teaching
Mathematics teachers -- Training of
Teacher educators
China
United States
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Ferreras, Ana, author.
Olson, Steve, 1956- author
Sztein, A. Ester, editor
United States National Commission on Mathematics Instruction.
National Research Council (U.S.). Board on International Scientific Organizations.
ISBN 9780309151641
0309151643
1282916998
9781282916999