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Teachers Talking about their Classrooms: Learning from the Professional Lexicons of Mathematics Teachers around the World
(2021)
  • Carmel Mesiti, University of Melbourne
  • Michèle Artigue, Université de Paris
  • Hilary Hollingsworth, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
  • Yiming Cao, Beijing Normal University
  • David Clarke, University of Melbourne
Abstract
Different communities, speaking different languages, employ different naming systems to describe the events, actions, and interactions of the mathematics classroom. The International Classroom Lexicon Project documented the professional vocabulary available to middle-school mathematics teachers in Australia, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, and the United States. National teams of researchers and experienced teachers used a common set of classroom videos to stimulate recognition of familiar terms describing aspects of the mathematics classroom. This book details the existing professional vocabulary in each international community by which mathematics teachers conceptualise their practice, and explores the characteristics, structures, and distinctive features of each national lexicon. This book has the potential to enrich the professional vocabulary of mathematics teachers around the world by providing access to sophisticated classroom practices named by teachers in different countries.
Keywords
  • Mathematics teachers,
  • Mathematical vocabulary,
  • Discussion (Teaching technique),
  • Mathematics teaching,
  • International studies,
  • Middle school teachers,
  • Classroom communication
Publication Date
July, 2021
Editor
Carmel Mesiti, Michèle Artigue, Hilary Hollingsworth, Yiming Cao, David Clarke
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN
9780367376932
DOI
10.4324/9780429355622
Citation Information
Mesiti, C., Artigue, M., Hollingsworth, H., Cao, Y., & Clarke, D. (Eds.). (2022). Teachers talking about their classrooms: Learning from the professional lexicons of mathematics teachers around the world. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429355622