Mathematics Teaching Practices with Prospective Teachers: Exploring My Identity as an Early Mathematics Teacher Educator
摘要
This chapter deploys the methodology of the Discipline of Noticing considering conscious reflection to promote professional development as an essential part of prospective mathematics teaching practice. From an enactivist position, I explore how my identity as an early mathematics teacher educator (MTE) emerges with prospective teachers in their virtual practices as part of a pedagogical programme within a Chilean university during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Using the Discipline of Noticing as a way of developing expertise as a MTE, I begin by identifying what it means to teach at university level before discussing identity from an enactivist perspective. I explain the Chilean pedagogical programme and associated teaching practices that form part of the context where my identity as a MTE emerges through interactions with the prospective teachers. I also describe how I use an innovative approach using qualitative resources such as verbatim transcripts, to elicit the prospective teachers’ reflections and ongoing awareness of their actions. Through a narrative account, I show how questions emerge from these interactions around: raising mathematical awareness; being an attentive observer and noticing blind spots; and looking for collaborative leadership. Finally, I reflect on my identity as a MTE, distinguishing two terms that shape my actions, namely, context and contextuality, shedding light on future research in the area.