Search results for author:"Jo Towers"
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Using video in teacher education
Jo Towers; Jo Towers
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 33, No. 2 (Jun 15, 2007)
This paper draws on a research study of elementary- and secondary-route preservice teachers in a two-year, after-degree teacher preparation programme. The paper includes excerpts of classroom data, taken from the author’s own university classroom,...
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Building Mathematical Understanding through Collective Property Noticing
Jo Towers; Lyndon C. Martin
Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Vol. 14, No. 1 (2014) pp. 58–75
In this article we explore the mechanisms through which one group of preservice teachers engage in "Collective Property Noticing"--a phenomenon in which group members integrate individual contributions such that the group, as a unit,...
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Enactivism and the Study of Collectivity
Jo Towers; Lyndon C. Martin
ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education Vol. 47, No. 2 (Apr 16, 2015) pp. 247–256
In this paper, we trace the development of our theorizing about students' mathematical understanding, showing how the adoption of an enactivist perspective has transformed our gaze in terms of the objects of our studies and occasioned for us new...
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Deepening Understanding of Inquiry Teaching and Learning with E-Portfolios in a Teacher Preparation Program
Han Smits; HsingChi Wang; Jo Towers; Susan Crichton; Jim Field; Pat Tarr; Pat Tarr
Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / La revue canadienne de l’apprentissage et de la technologie Vol. 31, No. 3 (Oct 15, 2005)
This paper describes the first stages of a project focusing on the use of preservice-teacher-generated e-Portfolios as a means of documenting and assessing inquiry-based teaching and learning. The project is designed to explore ways in which...