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Education of Mathematics Teacher Educators

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Education and professional development of teacher educators; Education of facilitators (for educators of practicing teachers); Education of professional development providers (for educators of practicing teachers); Education of teachers of teachers

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Education of teacher educators refers to the preparation, professional development, teaching, or facilitating of teacher educators. It is understood as a goal-directed intervention in order to promote teacher educators’ learning and further development of beliefs, knowledge, and practice, including formal and informal activities. Nowadays, the term “teacher educators” commonly refers to both those who educate prospective teachers and those who educate practicing teachers, that is, to those who initiate, guide, and support teacher learning across the lifespan (Even 2008; Krainer and Llinares 2010). Yet, sometimes the term “teacher educators” refers only to educators of prospective teachers, that is, to those who teach...

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  1. Department of Science Teaching, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

    Ruhama Even

  2. Institute of Instructional and School Development, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria

    Konrad Krainer

  3. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, USA

    Rong** Huang

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  1. South Bank University Centre for Mathematics Education, London, United Kingdom

    Steve Lerman

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  1. Faculty of Education, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Mellony Graven

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Even, R., Krainer, K., Huang, R. (2018). Education of Mathematics Teacher Educators. In: Lerman, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77487-9_55-5

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