A Modelling Perspective in Designing Teacher Professional Learning Communities

Nicholas Mousoulides, Marilena Nicolaidou, Maria Evagorou

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    Abstract

    The chapter addresses a professional learning community development approach, namely, a multi-tiered research design which involves a modelling approach to learning. The chapter describes how a models and modelling perspective was employed in developing a teacher learning community and how it was used to better understand, analyse, and support the nature and development of teacher knowledge. Results have revealed that teachers improved their knowledge and pedagogical approaches to modelling. Changes in their attitudes, self-confidence, and motivation, and in their collaboration with other teachers, were also evident. We conclude that such an approach, although very demanding both in skills and competences, might serve in establishing and supporting a teacher learning community.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationInternational Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling
    PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
    Pages117-127
    Number of pages11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2017

    Publication series

    NameInternational Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling
    ISSN (Print)2211-4920
    ISSN (Electronic)2211-4939

    Keywords

    • Attitudes and beliefs
    • Learning community
    • Model-eliciting activity
    • Multi-tiered research design
    • Teacher professional development
    • Technological tools

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