Emergency remote teaching as a window into elementary teachers’ mathematics instructional systems in Finland and the U.S.
This cross-cultural study examines how elementary mathematics teachers in Finland and the United States shifted their instructional systems during the period of Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) in the spring of 2020. Using Ruthven's (2009) framework of Structural Features of Classroom Practice,...
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author | Heidi Krzywacki Lara Condon Janine T. Remillard Rowan Machalow Tuula Koljonen Hendrik Van Steenbrugge |
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description | This cross-cultural study examines how elementary mathematics teachers in Finland and the United States shifted their instructional systems during the period of Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) in the spring of 2020. Using Ruthven's (2009) framework of Structural Features of Classroom Practice, researchers analysed 15 teachers’ descriptions of their mathematics teaching during ERT in contrast to their typical practice. Exploring how teachers in both contexts navigated challenges of ERT through a cross-cultural lens allowed researchers to identify similarities and differences in teaching practices and use of activity formats, synthesized in composite models of teachers’ instructional systems. The differences in the systems can be traced to underlying cultural assumptions about the nature of elementary mathematics education and the roles of teachers, students, and curriculum resources within each system. |
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spelling | doaj.art-b8584a1591bc4bc3bab91da4b94757e12023-12-10T06:17:53ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Educational Research Open2666-37402023-12-015100286Emergency remote teaching as a window into elementary teachers’ mathematics instructional systems in Finland and the U.S.Heidi Krzywacki0Lara Condon1Janine T. Remillard2Rowan Machalow3Tuula Koljonen4Hendrik Van Steenbrugge5University of Helsinki, FinlandUniversity of Pennsylvania, USAUniversity of Pennsylvania, USA; Corresponding author.University of Pennsylvania, USALinköping University, SwedenStockholm University, SwedenThis cross-cultural study examines how elementary mathematics teachers in Finland and the United States shifted their instructional systems during the period of Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) in the spring of 2020. Using Ruthven's (2009) framework of Structural Features of Classroom Practice, researchers analysed 15 teachers’ descriptions of their mathematics teaching during ERT in contrast to their typical practice. Exploring how teachers in both contexts navigated challenges of ERT through a cross-cultural lens allowed researchers to identify similarities and differences in teaching practices and use of activity formats, synthesized in composite models of teachers’ instructional systems. The differences in the systems can be traced to underlying cultural assumptions about the nature of elementary mathematics education and the roles of teachers, students, and curriculum resources within each system.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666374023000614Elementary mathematicsElementary teachersCross-culturalCurriculum resourcesEmergency remote teachingInstructional system |
spellingShingle | Heidi Krzywacki Lara Condon Janine T. Remillard Rowan Machalow Tuula Koljonen Hendrik Van Steenbrugge Emergency remote teaching as a window into elementary teachers’ mathematics instructional systems in Finland and the U.S. International Journal of Educational Research Open Elementary mathematics Elementary teachers Cross-cultural Curriculum resources Emergency remote teaching Instructional system |
title | Emergency remote teaching as a window into elementary teachers’ mathematics instructional systems in Finland and the U.S. |
title_full | Emergency remote teaching as a window into elementary teachers’ mathematics instructional systems in Finland and the U.S. |
title_fullStr | Emergency remote teaching as a window into elementary teachers’ mathematics instructional systems in Finland and the U.S. |
title_full_unstemmed | Emergency remote teaching as a window into elementary teachers’ mathematics instructional systems in Finland and the U.S. |
title_short | Emergency remote teaching as a window into elementary teachers’ mathematics instructional systems in Finland and the U.S. |
title_sort | emergency remote teaching as a window into elementary teachers mathematics instructional systems in finland and the u s |
topic | Elementary mathematics Elementary teachers Cross-cultural Curriculum resources Emergency remote teaching Instructional system |
url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666374023000614 |
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