Big Challenges and Big Opportunities: The Power of ‘Big Ideas’ to Change Curriculum and the Culture of Teacher Planning

Mathematical knowledge of pre-service teachers is currently ‘under the microscope’ and thesubject of research. This paper proposes a different approach to teacher content knowledgebased on the ‘big ideas’ of mathematics and the connections that exist within and betweenthem. It is suggested that thes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hurst, Chris
Other Authors: Judy Anderson
Format: Conference Paper
Published: MEGRA Inc 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3516