Classroom Culture, Mathematics Culture, and the Failures of Reform: The Need for a Collective View of Culture

Autor/inn/en	Gill, Michele Gregoire; Boote, David
Titel	Classroom Culture, Mathematics Culture, and the Failures of Reform: The Need for a Collective View of Culture
Quelle	In: Teachers College Record, 114 (2012) 12, (45 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-9620
Schlagwörter	Teacher Effectiveness; Teaching Methods; Educational Change; Language Usage; Mathematics Education; School Culture; Textbooks; Mathematics Teachers; Values; Problem Solving; Ethnography; Goal Orientation; Evaluation Methods; Secondary School Mathematics; Grade 8; Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bildungsreform; Sprachgebrauch; Mathematische Bildung; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Wertbegriff; Problemlösen; Ethnografie; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	Background/Context: Despite the tremendous amount of effort devoted by many mathematics educators to promote, defend, and implement reform-based mathematics education, procedural mathematics, which locates mathematical correctness in the procedures learned from textbooks and teachers, persists. Many researchers have identified school and classroom culture as the source of the problem; however, the exact meaning of school culture and its influence on teachers' practices remains unclear. What is needed is a clearer understanding of classroom culture and how it influences practice. Purpose: The purpose of our study was to examine how the aspects of a culture reinforce each other (and how they resist aspects alien to the cultural system) to understand the sui generis nature of culture. We use five aspects or indicators of culture--language usage, standard practices, tools and equipment usage, ongoing concerns and values, and recurring problems--to describe how they work together to create a culture. Population/Participants/Subjects: The primary participant in this study was an eighth-grade mathematics teacher renowned for being a good teacher whose teaching conformed to the intentions of the reform-oriented National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards, with a particular emphasis on problem solving. Research Design: An ethnographic case study was conducted. Conclusions/Recommendations: Although Ms. Bryans appropriated some of the rhetoric and practices of reform mathematics, her goals and assessment methods and most of her instructional methods were inconsistent. The analysis of the case shows that three conceptions of culture--individual, interactive, and collective--lead to quite different understandings of the problem. This case suggests the importance of differentiating each of these three conceptions of culture and discusses their implications for educational reform policies and professional development efforts. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10