Investigation the relationship between beliefs and components of constructivism in mathematics classroom environment

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

Fatemeh Ahmadpour Mobarakeh ¹ , Mohammad Reza Fadaee ² , Abolfazl Rafeipour ³

1 - 1دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد آموزش ریاضی، دانشگاه شهید باهنر کرمان، کرمان، ایران
2 - 2استادیار دانشگاه شهید باهنر کرمان، کرمان
3 - 3استادیار دانشگاه شهید باهنر کرمان و مرکز پژوهشی ریاضی ماهانی

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2013-03-21

Keywords: secondary mathematics teachers, teachers&#039, beliefs, classroom environment, teachers&#039, beliefs, Practice, Constructivism, teachers&#039, beliefs,

Abstract :

Mathematics teachers' philosophy and view about the nature of mathematics play a vital role in their schema of the teaching and learning process and this influence on quality of instructional directly. The aim of this research is to describe and identify the major beliefs of constructivist mathematics teachers. The beliefs of 5 secondary mathematics teachers were investigated carefully, and also evaluated the extent of consistency of their classroom environments with principles of constructivism in the study. The instruments of data collecting were beliefs survey questionnaires, survey questionnaire of construction oriented classroom environment, semi-structured interviews and classroom observation. Data were summarized and structured by content analysis method. The results of data relating to 5 teachers showed that 2 of them had the most consistent between classroom environments and constructivism principles. Investigating these 2 teachers' beliefs led to identification of 6 core beliefs that are consistent with constructivism principles.