Lesson Play in Mathematics Education:
A Tool for Research and Professional Development
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Teaching, Teaching Methods
| Author: | Rina Zazkis, Nathalie Sinclair, Peter Liljedahl | ISBN: | 9781461435495 |
| Publisher: | Springer New York | Publication: | December 28, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Springer | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rina Zazkis, Nathalie Sinclair, Peter Liljedahl |
| ISBN: | 9781461435495 |
| Publisher: | Springer New York |
| Publication: | December 28, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Springer |
| Language: | English |
Lesson play is a novel construct in research and teachers’ professional development in mathematics education. Lesson play refers to a lesson or part of a lesson presented in dialogue form—inspired in part by Lakatos’s evocative Proofs and Refutations—featuring imagined interactions between a teacher and her/his students. We have been using and refining our use of this tool for a number of years and using it in a variety of situations involving mathematics thinking and learning. The goal of this proposed book is to offer a comprehensive survey of the affordances of the tool, the results of our studies—particularly in the area of pre-service teacher education, and the reasons that the tool offers such productive possibilities for both researchers and teacher educators.
Lesson play is a novel construct in research and teachers’ professional development in mathematics education. Lesson play refers to a lesson or part of a lesson presented in dialogue form—inspired in part by Lakatos’s evocative Proofs and Refutations—featuring imagined interactions between a teacher and her/his students. We have been using and refining our use of this tool for a number of years and using it in a variety of situations involving mathematics thinking and learning. The goal of this proposed book is to offer a comprehensive survey of the affordances of the tool, the results of our studies—particularly in the area of pre-service teacher education, and the reasons that the tool offers such productive possibilities for both researchers and teacher educators.
