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Experts and the Professional Knowledge of the Teacher who Teaches Mathematics

Abstract:

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the research that investigates the theme expertise, experts and the production of knowledge in teacher training and teaching. The concepts of expertise and experts in education are discussed in order to better situate them and research on them. In addition, an analysis was carried out of the paper 'Mathematics: an announced choice of studies and life', seeking to answer the following question: what would have been the role of experts in the production of the professional knowledge of the teacher who teaches Mathematics? The results show that this researcher, considered in this text as an expert, produced knowledge in the pedagogical field based on the elaboration of the 'Curriculum guide for primary education'.

Keywords:
Mathematics teaching; Expertise; History of mathematics education; Teacher training

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