Mathematical modelling competency of mathematics pre-service teachers in the technology environment
- Authors: Nguyen, An , Anh, Tuyet , Thi, Duyen , Mai, Thuy , Tran, Dung
- Date: 2018
- Type: Text , Conference proceedings
- Relation: 8th ICMI-East Asia Regional Conference on Mathematics Education; Taipa, Taiwan in ICMI-EARCOME8: Proceedings of the 8th ICMI-East Asia Regional Conference on Mathematics Education p. 217-226
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Preparing preservice teachers to teach mathematical literacy: a reform in a teacher education program
- Authors: Tran, Dung , Nguyen, An , Nguyen, Duyen , Ta, Phuong , Nguyem, Gian
- Date: 2018
- Type: Text , Conference proceedings
- Relation: Twenty-fourth ICMI Study School Mathematics Curriculum Reforms: Challenges, Changes and Opportunities; Tsukuba, Japan; November 25-30, 2018; in Proceedings of the twenty-fourth ICMI Study School Mathematics Curriculum Reforms: Challenges, Changes and Opportunities p. 405-412
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- Description: To meet the demand of incoming school curriculum reform focusing on competency-based learning in Vietnam, this paper reports on an innovation project on developing secondary mathematics preservice teachers’ (PSTs) mathematical literacy and preparing them to teach mathematics contextually. We developed a curriculum and studied the effectiveness of the implementation of a secondary mathematics PST education program that integrates mathematical literacy (ML) in methods courses. The courses offer the PSTs opportunities to experience ML as active learners and prepare them to teach ML. The preliminary results on a project-based modeling task show that the PSTs begin to develop an understanding of ML when they take real-life considerations into account in solving the authentic problem. Discussion about the tension between simplifying models and reflecting the real problem, and directions for future study are suggested.