Teacher Education and Development Study in Mathematics
TEDS-M 2008
TEDS-M is a comparative study of teacher education with a focus on the preparation of teachers of mathematics at the primary and lower secondary levels. TEDS-M pays particular attention to the links between teacher education policies, practices and outcomes. The study will provide participating countries with a valuable opportunity to conduct research on their own teacher education system and to learn from approaches used in other countries. TEDS-M has three components: (i) studies of teacher education policy and its cultural and social context, (ii) studies of teacher preparation routes, programs, standards and expectations for teacher learning, and (iii) studies of the mathematics and related teaching knowledge of future elementary and lower secondary school teachers.
Target Population
The target populations of TEDS-M consists of:
- Teacher education institutions in each country
- Educators of future teachers
- Future teachers
Participating Educational Systems
The following educational systems participate in the study: Botswana, Canada, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Georgia, Germany, Malaysia, Norway, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Russian Federation, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland (German speaking cantons), Thailand, United States.
Schedule
Developmental work on TEDS began in 2005. Data collection for the four surveys (institutions, mathematics instructor / teacher educator, and future primary and secondary teachers) began in 2007 for the Southern Hemisphere and ended in May 2008 for the Northern Hemisphere. The first findings final report will be released in April 2010 and the technical report and the international database in October 2010.
Management
Responsibilities for the international coordination of the TEDS are divided between the Australian Council for Educational Research (Dr Lawrence Ingvarson, Ray Peck and Glenn Rowley) and the Michigan State University in the United States (Dr Jack Schwille, Dr Sharon Senk and Dr Maria Teresa Tatto). Dr Tatto is the TEDS-M Director.
Funding
Participating countries, IEA and the United States National Science Foundation are funders of current TEDS-M. International participation fee is USD 30,000 per year for the four-year duration of the study, or USD 120,000 in total.
For more information, please visit the TEDS-M study homepage:
http://teds.educ.msu.edu/default.asp.
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