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Critical Moments in Learning Mathematics: First Year Pre-service Primary Teachers' Perspectives |
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Editor(s): Len Sparrow, Barry Kissane and Chris Hurst |
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Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) |
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Pre-service primary teachers have been identified in several research studies as having poor self-conceptions of themselves as mathematics teachers. Many express feelings of anxiety when faced with mathematics tasks resulting in poor dispositions and understandings. This paper reports on beginning pre-service primary teachers' (N=106) recollections of critical moments in their mathematics education at school. Interestingly, their graphical ratings of their dispositions suggest a slightly positive recollection of their mathematical experiences. In contrast their justifications and recount was generally negative. |
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Shaping the future of mathematics education: Proceedings of the 33rd annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, p. 804-811 |
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