Early Childhood Teachers' Professional Competence in Mathematics - Paperback

by Simone Dunekacke (Editor), Aljoscha Jegodtka (Editor), Thomas Koinzer (Editor)

This edited volume presents cutting-edge research on the professional competence of early childhood mathematics teachers. It considers professional knowledge, motivational-affective dispositions, skills and performance in early childhood mathematics and outlines future fields of research in this area.

The book argues that it is essential for early childhood teachers to prepare a high-quality learning environment and that mathematical competence is highly relevant for children's individual development. Bringing together research from mathematics education, educational science and psychology, it integrates international perspectives and considers the contextual factors that affect the development of children's mathematical competence within Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings. The book uses a model to describe professional teacher competence that considers the dispositions of early childhood teachers, situation-specific skills of early childhood teachers and the performance of early childhood teachers.

The book is the first of its kind to give a comprehensive overview and allows for integrative perspectives and interdisciplinary understanding regarding pre- and in-service ECEC teachers' professional competence in the domain of mathematics. It will be essential reading for academics, researchers and students of early childhood education, mathematics education and teacher education.

Chapters 5, 6, and 13 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http: //www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author Biography

Simone Dunekacke is Assistant Professor for Research on Early Childhood Education at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Aljoscha Jegodtka is Professor for Social Work at the International University Berlin, Germany.

Thomas Koinzer is Professor for Educational Science at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.

Katja Eilerts is Professor for Primary School Education in Mathematics at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.

Lars Jenßen is a Researcher in Educational Science and Psychology with a focus on Mathematics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany.