Teachers' Perceptions of Early Math Concepts Learned from Unit Blocks: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

Autor/inn/en	Hsieh, Wu-Ying; McCollum, Jeanette A.
Titel	Teachers' Perceptions of Early Math Concepts Learned from Unit Blocks: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 189 (2019) 12, S.1954-1969 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2018.1423562
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Comparative Education; Early Childhood Teachers; Knowledge Level; Mathematical Concepts; Play; Toys; Geometry; Measurement; Numeracy; Knowledge Base for Teaching; United States; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Early childhood; Early childhood education; Teacher; Teachers; Frühe Kindheit; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Wissensbasis; Spiel; Toy; Spielzeug; Geometrie; Messverfahren; Rechenkompetenz; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; USA; Hongkong
Abstract	This article reports and compares results from an interview study of early childhood teachers in the U.S. and Hong Kong, with a focus on the math outcomes that children may gain from play with unit blocks. Teachers were interviewed to obtain their ideas of the benefits of unit block play in three focal areas: geometry, measurement, and numeracy. Hong Kong teachers contributed significantly more unique ideas than did U.S. teachers in both numeracy and in general math processes, and in the overall number of different math-related ideas. No significant differences between teachers were found in ideas about the benefits of unit blocks for learning in geometry or measurement. Cultural comparisons of teacher knowledge with respect to a wider array of the mathematical concepts that children learn from unit block play may increase our understanding of math knowledge that teachers need in order to facilitate math learning from block play. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01