e-Pedagogium 2015, 15(1):34-44 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2015.004

Teaching of Mathematics in Culturally Heterogeneous Classes: What Do Teachers Really Need?

Hana Moraová, Jarmila Novotná, Franco Favilli
PhDr. Hana Moraová, Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Pedagogická fakulta, Magdaleny D. Rettigové 4, 116 39 Praha 1, Česká republika, Tel.: +420 603 305 126
Prof. RNDr. Jarmila Novotná, CSc., Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Pedagogická fakulta, Magdaleny D. Rettigové 4, 116 39 Praha 1, Česká republika, E-mail: Jarmila.novotna@pedf.cuni.cz, Tel.: +420 603 578 360
Prof. Franco Favilli, Centro Interdipartimentale per l'aggiornamento, la Formazione e la Ricerca Educativa, Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, 561 27 Pisa, Itálie, E-mail: favilli@dm.unipi.it, Tel.: +390 502 215 s216

The article reports outcomes of a survey conducted among mathematics teachers in six European countries with the objective to cover changes brought to the area of teaching mathematics by the increasing number of pupils from other social-cultural and ethnic background in classes. The survey was carried out in the form of a questionnaire, designed within the multilateral project M3EaL: Multiculturalism, Migration, Mathematics Education and Language (526333-LLP-1-2012-1-IT-COMENIUS-CMP). The questionnaire was designed in order to capture the situation at schools of the particular countries and help describe problems faced by mathematics teachers in their practice, and it showed what material and personal support they are missing most.

Keywords: mathematics teaching, social-cultural background, ethnic background, material and personal support

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Moraová, H., Novotná, J., & Favilli, F. (2015). Teaching of Mathematics in Culturally Heterogeneous Classes: What Do Teachers Really Need? e-Pedagogium, 15(1), 34-44. doi: 10.5507/epd.2015.004
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