Investigating the Professional Learning and Development of Mathematics Teacher Educators: A Theoretical Discussion and Research Agenda
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This paper presents a theoretical framework for guiding inquiry in an emerging field of research concerned with the learning and development of mathematics teacher educators. Such research is needed for two reasons: to open up the practices of mathematics teacher educators to critical scrutiny in order to better understand the nature of their impact on mathematics teaching in schools, and to systematically inquire into how mathematics teacher educators learn from engaging in teacher education.
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