Conceptions of Pre-Service Engineer Educators about the Role of Mathematics and Their Approaches to Study

Autor/inn/en	Kasimatis, Katerina; Moutsios-Rentzos, Andreas; Rozou, Varvara; Matzakos, Nikolaos
Titel	Conceptions of Pre-Service Engineer Educators about the Role of Mathematics and Their Approaches to Study
Quelle	In: Acta Didactica Napocensia, 11 (2018) 3-4, (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2065-1430
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Student Attitudes; Engineering Education; Role; Mathematics; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Ingenieurausbildung; Rollen; Mathematik; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Griechenland
Abstract	In this quantitative study, we investigate the relationship between the conceptions of first-year Engineering Education students about the role of mathematics in their studies and career, as well as the links of their conceptions with their approaches to study. The data analysis revealed that the students view mathematics as being about techniques, models and real-life applications and they conceptualise mathematics as being relevant to their future career and studies, though with a lack of knowledge of the specificities of this role. Nevertheless, the surface approach was correlated with a feeling of certainty with respect to the specific role of mathematics in their future studies and career, whilst the deep approach was found to be linked with a broad importance of mathematics. The implications of these complex findings are discussed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Babes-Bolyai University. Kogainiceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400084 Romania. e-mail: submit_adn@yahoo.com; Web site: http://adn.teaching.ro
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01