Tasks in Primary Mathematics Teacher Education : Purpose, Use and Exemplars

Tasks in Primary Mathematics Teacher Education is intended to advance relevant research and innovative international practices in the preparation and professional development of mathematics teachers.

Tasks as a Tool for Exploring the Cyclical Nature of Learning and Developing Reflection in the Teaching of Mathematics.- Function, Form and Focus: The Role of Tasks in Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education.- Using Lesson Study to Develop an Appreciation of and Competence in Task Design.- Reflecting on the Process of Task Adaptation and Extension: The Case of Computational Starters.- Tasks for Primary Student Teachers: A Task of Mathematics Teacher Educators.- The Mathematics Teaching Portfolio: A Reflective Tool for Developing Professional Growth and Improving Classroom Practices.- Tasks as a Tool for Developing Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching.- Pushing Probability and Statistics Tasks in a New Direction.- Logic in Wonderland: Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland as the Context of a Course in Logic for Future Elementary Teachers.- Tasks using Video Clips of Children in a Content Mathematics Course for Future Elementary School Teachers.- Teacher Tasks for Mathematical Insight and Reorganization of What it Means to Learn Mathematics.- Teaching and Understanding Mathematical Modelling through Fermi-Problems.- A Research-Based Workshop Design for Volume Tasks.- Task-Based Lessons: The Central Focus of a Mathematics Content Course for Future Elementary Teachers.- Tasks as a Tool for Developing Knowledge through and for Practice.- The Use of Relational Games in Initial Teacher Education: Bringing the Classroom into the Lecture Theatre.- Using Mathematically Rich Tasks to Deepen the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Primary Teachers.- From Professional Tasks in Collaborative Environments to Educational Tasks in Mathematics Teacher Education.- The Analysis of Classroom-Based Processes as a Key Task in Teacher Training for the Approach to Early Algebra.- Outdoor Mathematical Experiences: Constructivism, Connections, and Health.- From Teacher Education to Teacher Practice: A Gap Affecting the Implementation of Tasks.- Concluding Remarks.