Enhacement of Research Excellence in Mathematics Teacher Knowledge (MaTeK)
The general goal of MaTeK project is to strengthen the research performance and develop the excellence of the Department of Mathematics Education (DME) at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics of Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia (UK BA), in the field of mathematics teacher knowledge enhancement.
Main investigating organization: Comenius University in Bratislava
Principal investigator: assoc.prof. Mária Slavíčková
Cooperating organizations: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (prof. Naďa Vondrová, prof. Jarmila Novotná); University of Palermo, Italy (prof. Benedetto di Paola, prof. Cladio Fazio); NTNU, Trondheim, Norway (assoc. prof. Iveta Kohanová, prof. Birgit Pepin); University in Ankara (METU), Turkey (prof. Erdinç Çakıroğlu, assoc. prof. Didem Akyüz)
Project funding: Horizon 2020 (H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020; topic: WIDESPREAD-05-2020; type of action: CSA)
Grant agreement number: 951822
Project duration: 2021-2023
Project web-page: https://www.projectmatek.eu/
The project belongs to the Twinning action, which stands for research infrastructure building and institutional networking. The general goal of MaTeK project is to strengthen the research performance and develop the excellence of the Department of Mathematics Education (DME) at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics of Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia (UK BA), in the field of mathematics teacher knowledge enhancement. Teacher knowledge is the prerequisite of the education enterprise, and student knowledge development its objective. For researchers, it is essential to understand what kinds of knowledge mathematics teachers develop, and how they use their expertise in teaching in order to help students to develop deep knowledge in mathematics. One of the ways how to address this issue is to work with pre-service mathematics teachers on lesson and learning progression design capacity.
The specific goal of MaTeK is to provide the DME with opportunities to work with and learn from partners and exchange best practices in the field of mathematics lesson and learning progression design, with focus on the topic of reasoning and proof (R&P). R&P is an important strand of mathematical proficiency and research has shown that pre-service teachers are often not adequately prepared to cultivate opportunities for students to engage with reasoning and proof.
Several activities are planned within the MaTeK project to reach stated goals, including short-term staff exchanges, the organization of workshops, seminars, summer schools, and disseminating and communicating activities for the public.
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