Volume
9
Issue
3
Abstract
The average age for teachers in mathematics and physics in Norway is about 60 (Sørensen, 2003) and few students taking a masters degree in a science subject choose a career as a teacher (KD, 2006). This implies that there may be a critical lack of science teachers in schools in the near future (Næss, 2002). At the same time, rather many graduated engineers – who have worked as engineers sometimes several years – want to contribute to the educational setting by taking part time jobs as teachers; lector-II (Vassnes, 2008). To combine this supply and demand for qualified teachers in mathematics, a professional development program in mathematics for engineers is planned. Focusing on this education, a research project is planned. It shall be a design research which initially will include a design of the tailored program in cooperation with the practitioners. This will be followed by an investigation of the engineers who take part in the program: How their mathematical knowledge develops as a result of completing the education.
First Page
327
Last Page
346
Recommended Citation
Rensaa, Ragnhild Johanne
(2012)
"Investigating engineers’ needs as a part of designing a professional development program for engineers who are to become mathematics teachers,"
The Mathematics Enthusiast: Vol. 9
:
No.
3
, Article 5.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54870/1551-3440.1248
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/tme/vol9/iss3/5
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.54870/1551-3440.1248
