ED344779 SE052897
Title: Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics.
Author Affiliation: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc.,
Reston, VA.(FGK56560)
Pages: 196
Publication Date: March 1991
Notes: Prepared by working groups of the Commission on Teaching Standards
for School Mathematics. For a related document, see ED 304 336.
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. (FGK57295)
Contract No: TPE-8954756
ISBN: 0-87353-307-0
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1906 Association
Drive, Reston, VA 22091 ($25.00).
Language: English
Document Type: Guides--General (050)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Virginia
Journal Announcement: RIESEP1992
Target Audience: Teachers; Policymakers; Practitioners
This document,
together with an earlier document, "Curriculum and Evaluation
Standards for School Mathematics," is designed to establish
a broad framework to guide reform in school mathematics in the next
decade. These standards spell out what teachers need to know to
teach toward new goals for mathematics education and how teaching
should be evaluated for the purpose of improvement. An introduction
describes the background and rationale for the document, the teachers
as key figures in the proposed changes, major shifts from current
practice in mathematics education, what the phrase "all students"
refers to in the document, and the components of the Professional
Teaching Standards. The following section, "First Steps,"
introduces the reader to the annotated vignettes that are used throughout
the document to elaborate the visions of teaching, the evaluation
of teaching, and professional development. The next four sections
present: (1) Standards for Teaching Mathematics, (2)
Standards for the Evaluation of the Teaching of Mathematics, (3)
Standards for the Professional Development of Teachers of Mathematics,
and (4) Standards for the Support and Development of Mathematics
Teachers and Teaching. Each section contains an introductory overview,
a discussion of the underlying assumptions for those standards,
and elaboration of the standards. The final section, "Next
Steps," discusses issues involving the different components
of teacher education that will need to be addressed in order to
implement the standards. (MDH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment; *Discussion (Teaching Technique);
Educational Change; Educational Environment; Educational Innovation;
Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Mathematics Education;
*Mathematics Instruction; Mathematics Materials; Professional Development;
*Standards; Student Evaluation; Student Role; Teacher Behavior;
*Teacher Education; *Teacher Evaluation; Teacher Role; Teacher Student
Relationship; Teaching Guides; *Teaching Methods
Identifiers: *National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
