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Mathematics-for-teaching: Insights from the case of annuities

Pythagoras

 
 
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Title Mathematics-for-teaching: Insights from the case of annuities
 
Creator Pournara, Craig
 
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Description Shulman’s notations of subject matter knowledge (SMK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) have been very influential in education research on teachers’ knowledge for teaching. However, there is little empirical evidence in support of these as separate analytical constructs. Furthermore, attempts to distinguish SMK and PCK highlight the complex and multidimensional nature of teachers’ knowledge and hence the difficulty of separating SMK and PCK. The author adopts the notion of mathematics-for-teaching (MfT) and argues that teachers’ knowledge for teaching annuities comprises knowledge of mathematical aspects, knowledge of pedagogical aspects and contextual knowledge of finance. Drawing from a larger study in which the author taught a financial mathematics course to pre-service secondary mathematics teachers, four examples of teachers’ knowledge for teaching annuities are identified, each of which illustrates how knowledge of mathematics, knowledge of pedagogy and contextual knowledge of finance are intertwined.
 
Publisher AOSIS Publishing
 
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Date 2014-11-14
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
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Identifier 10.4102/pythagoras.v35i1.250
 
Source Pythagoras; Vol 35, No 1 (2014); 12 pages 2223-7895 1012-2346
 
Language eng
 
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https://pythagoras.org.za/index.php/pythagoras/article/view/250/386 https://pythagoras.org.za/index.php/pythagoras/article/view/250/387 https://pythagoras.org.za/index.php/pythagoras/article/view/250/388 https://pythagoras.org.za/index.php/pythagoras/article/view/250/382
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2014 Craig Pournara https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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