Developing mathematics teacher knowledge: The paradidactic infrastructure of "open lesson" in Japan

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 185-209

  Miyakawa, Takeshi ^a   Winsløw, Carl ^b  

^a JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anthropological theory of the didactic; Elementary school; Japan; Mathematics teacher knowledge; Open lesson; Teachers' professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877617287     PISSN: 13864416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10857-013-9236-5     Document Type: Article

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