An investigation of mathematics teachers' beliefs and practices following a professional development intervention based on constructivist principles

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An investigation of mathematics teachers' beliefs and practices following a professional development intervention based on constructivist principles

The purpose of this study was to investigate the beliefs and related classroom practices of a selected group of in-service teachers within the context of a mathematics professional development intervention for primary school teachers in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. A cohort of 34 teachers drawn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Stoker, John
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Curtin University 2003
Subjects:	key teachers school environments constructivist learning
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1431

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