ERIC Number: EJ1273933
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Publication Date: 2020-Dec
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"Sage on the Stage" or "Meddler in the Middle": Shifting Mathematics Teachers' Identities to Support Student Engagement
Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, v23 n6 p615-632 Dec 2020
Mathematics teachers' identities profoundly influence how they interact with and position their students to learn mathematics. In this paper, we examine how a year-long teacher learning intervention supportive of student engagement in mathematics helped shift teachers' mathematics-related identities. We use an implied identity perspective as a theoretical lens to explore changes in what teachers perceive as legitimate ways of being as a result of their participation in the intervention. Data from pre- and post-intervention concept maps and focus groups with 15 grade 5-7 teachers of mathematics were integrated for this purpose. Teachers reported shifts in their identities, describing themselves as "facilitators," "learners" and "co-creators" of knowledge. We argue that such shifts in the mathematics-related identities of teachers can have practical consequences in terms of improving students' engagement, and in particular, their autonomy for learning mathematics.
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Professional Identity, Learning Processes, Teacher Attitudes, Concept Mapping, Intervention, Personal Autonomy, Learner Engagement, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Mathematical Concepts, Teacher Student Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 6; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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