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Nilssen, Vivi – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
The paper is based upon a case-study of mentoring in teacher education in Norway. It describes the practice of the cooperating teacher and how mentoring in the practice-field contributes to student teachers learning. The main focus is how student teachers develop pedagogical content knowledge in mathematics through reflections with the mentor…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Mentors, Foreign Countries, Cooperating Teachers

Nilssen, Vivi; Gudmundsdottir, Sigrun; Wangsmocappelen, Vibeke – European Journal of Teacher Education, 1998
Describes a mentoring process that helped a Norwegian preservice teacher learn to teach elementary multiplication. The mentoring interaction provided the novice with an intensive discussion based on a small sequence of events. Through discussions with her mentor, the student teacher learned to use the language of practice to examine her own…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics