Teacher education and the professional development of practicing teachers need to provide a sound basis of knowledge for teaching, theoretically but also with strong ties to issues of practice. Although this seems like a common-sense statement, it is harder to make a reality than expected. At least three factors could account for this difficulty: the sheer complexity of the knowledge required for teaching, the interconnectedness of knowledge, and the fact that teachers’ knowledge comes from different and in certain cases even contradictory sources.
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Neubrand, M., Seago, N., Agudelo-Valderrama, C., DeBlois, L., Leikin, R., Wood, T. (2009). The Balance of Teacher Knowledge: Mathematics and Pedagogy. In: Even, R., Ball, D.L. (eds) The Professional Education and Development of Teachers of Mathematics. New ICMI Study Series, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09601-8_21
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