Relearning Mathematics - 9781617354885

Relearning MathematicsA Challenge for Prospective Elementary School Teachers\nAuthor(s): Rina Zazkis\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781617354885, 978-1617354885\nSynopsis\nThis book is grounded in the authors experiences of teaching mathematics for prospective elementary school teachers and conducting research on their understanding of mathematical concepts. It is a reflection on practice and an attempt to cope with a double challenge: that of a teacher, in helping prospective teachers make sense of mathematics, and that of a researcher, in an attempt to understand and describe the challenges faced by students. This work fits within the current community interest on teacher education and provides a novel focus, with both theoretical and practical considerations.\n\nThe central claim in this book is that encounters with mathematical content by prospective elementary school teachers constitute relearni.