TY - JOUR
T1 - Above, below, or equal? Exploring teachers’ pedagogical positioning in a playworld context to teach mathematical concepts to preschool children
AU - Disney, Leigh
AU - Li, Liang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - This research forms part of a larger study to investigate how early childhood teachers can use “Mathematical Playworld” to shift their pedagogical positions to improve children's mathematical learning. We analysed video-recordings of an imaginative play scenario involving two teachers and 11 children in an early learning centre. We found that early childhood teachers could use a Mathematical Playworld model to allow them inside children's play and align their learning intentions with children's imaginative play actions. This study frames how early childhood teachers can create the conditions for intentional mathematical teaching opportunities within play-based contexts by dynamically shifting their pedagogical positions.
AB - This research forms part of a larger study to investigate how early childhood teachers can use “Mathematical Playworld” to shift their pedagogical positions to improve children's mathematical learning. We analysed video-recordings of an imaginative play scenario involving two teachers and 11 children in an early learning centre. We found that early childhood teachers could use a Mathematical Playworld model to allow them inside children's play and align their learning intentions with children's imaginative play actions. This study frames how early childhood teachers can create the conditions for intentional mathematical teaching opportunities within play-based contexts by dynamically shifting their pedagogical positions.
KW - Imaginative play
KW - Mathematical playworld
KW - Pedagogical positioning
KW - Play-based mathematical learning
KW - Teaching mathematics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127368543&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2022.103706
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2022.103706
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85127368543
SN - 0742-051X
VL - 114
JO - Teaching and Teacher Education
JF - Teaching and Teacher Education
M1 - 103706
ER -