Pre–service and In–service Teacher of Mathematics’ Training in Teaching with the Use of Computers

In this paper we propose a program of pre–service and in–service teacher of Mathematics’ training in teaching with the use of computer software programs. The program consists of a) the presentation of the most characteristic theories of learning, teaching methods and models and models of using computers in the teaching–learning environment and b) the training of teachers in the use of computer software programs that are being chosen as appropriate to offer more than the traditional instruction. Moreover we present the results of the application of the program in the Mathematics’ Department of the University of Athens during the academic years 1999–2000 and 2000–2001. The computer software program used in the application is Mathematica in point of the possibilities it offers in the negotiation of mathematical subjects in Secondary Mathematics’ Education. This paper studies the evaluation of the use of the program by the pre–service and in–service teachers that participated in the research in point of the aims, the operation and the use of the program in the teaching–learning process of Secondary Mathematics’ Education. Moreover it studies the differences between pre–service and in–service teachers’ opinions and the relation between their opinions and their interest and experience in the use of computers.