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Title Studying Classroom Teaching as a Medium for Professional Development : Proceedings of a U.S.-Japan Workshop / Hyman Bass, Zalman Usiskin, and Gail Burrill, editors
Published Washington, DC : National Academy Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) : illustrations
Contents Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Reflections on the Workshop -- Observations from the Study of Teaching Practice as a Medium for Professional Development -- Building an International Community: Sharing Knowledge and Experiences in Professional Development for Mathematics Education -- Background Context for Teacher Preparation in the United States and in Japan -- Elementary Mathematics Education in the United States -- Mathematics Teacher Education in Grades 7�12 in the United States
A Study of Teacher Change Through Inservice Mathematics Education Programs in Graduate SchoolRecurrent Education in Japan: Waseda University Education Research and Development Center -- Recurrent Education in Japan: Kanagawa Prefectural Education Center -- Lesson Study as Professional Development -- Setting the Stage -- Lesson Study: What, Why, and How? -- Framing Lesson Study for U.S. Participants -- Lesson Study from the Perspective of a Fourth-Grade Teacher -- Studying Classroom Teaching as a Medium for Professional Development: Video Component
Reflections on Videos: PanelDevelopment Through the Use of Records of Practice Professional Development Through the Use of Records of Practice -- Professional Development Through Records of Instruction -- Professional Development Through Written Cases -- Professional Development Through the Use of Records Mathematical Knowledge of Teachers Panel -- Professional Development Small Group Discussion -- Appendix A: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix B: Participant List -- Appendix C: Steering Committee Biographical Information
Appendix D: A Plan for the Lesson on Division by a Two-Digit NumberAppendix E: A Demonstration Lesson: Function Thinking at Sixth Grade -- Appendix F: A Study Lesson: Large Numbers at Fourth Grade -- Appendix G: Record of Instruction: Reasoning About Three Coins at Third Grade -- Appendix H: Transcript of Excerpts from Small Group Discussions -- Appendix I: A Written Case: Pattern Trains at Sixth Grade -- Appendix J: To Become a Mathematics Teacher -- Appendix K: Glossary -- Appendix L: Workshop Reading List -- Appendix M: References
Summary Annotation The proceedings from the August 2000 conference in Makuhari, Japan include reflections on the workshop itself, notes from panel and small-group discussions, and an appendix featuring supplementary materials, as well as papers on teacher preparation and professional development in the United States and Japan. An enclosed video tape contains footage of classroom lessons and a small-group discussion, both shown at the conference. There is no index. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Notes "Mathematical Sciences Education Board/Center for Education/Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction/Board on International Scientific Organizations/Policy and Global Affairs Division, National Research Council."
Workshop hosted by Mathematical Sciences Education Board and United States National Commission on Mathematics Instruction, August 2000, Makuhari, Japan
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-258)
Notes Print version record
Subject Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Japan -- Congresses
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States -- Congresses
EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Mathematics.
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Japan
United States
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Bass, Hyman, 1932-
Usiskin, Zalman
Burrill, Gail
National Research Council (U.S.). Mathematical Sciences Education Board.
United States National Commission on Mathematics Instruction.
LC no. 2001007273
ISBN 0309510317
9780309510318
0309082528
9780309082525