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A prima facie purpose of mathematics teaching is that students learn mathematics, but the work of teaching mathematics is also relational work that serves a more far-reaching function. The five chapters in this section investigate different aspects of the relational work of teaching mathematics. This commentary will address three issues. Firstly, it will provide a brief overview of some critical issues in educational research, along with some perspectives on research on mathematics teaching. Secondly, it will discuss the perspectives on mathematics teaching as relational work that are presented in the chapters. Some chapters focus on attending to students’ learning and difficulties; other chapters focus more on developing relationships with the students. Thirdly, the contributions of the chapters will be discussed in terms of possibilities and constraints.
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In this chapter, the terms “mathematics teaching” and “the work of teaching mathematics” are used interchangeably to describe everything mathematics teachers do to help their students learn (cf. Ball and Forzani 2009).
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Mosvold, R. (2018). Part III: Commentary – Fostering Relationships in the Work of Teaching Mathematics. In: Kajander, A., Holm, J., Chernoff, E. (eds) Teaching and Learning Secondary School Mathematics. Advances in Mathematics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92390-1_27
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