To heal and enthuse: Developmental bibliotherapy and pre-service primary teachers' reflections on learning and teaching mathematics

Sue Wilson; Steve Thornton

To heal and enthuse: Developmental bibliotherapy and pre-service primary teachers' reflections on learning and teaching mathematics

Sue Wilson, Steve Thornton

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Abstract

This paper advocates bibliotherapy as a powerful reflective tool in pre-service education. It
can provide a new approach to understanding and improving the affective responses of preservice
primary teachers. In the study pre-service teachers analysing readings about school
students’ learning, reflected on and reconstructed their understanding of their own school
experiences. The technique of bibliotherapy applied to readings about issues such as
mathematics anxiety challenged their assessment of their capacity to learn and teach
mathematics. This was a healing process that generated enthusiasm for teaching
mathematics.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Identities, Cultures and Learning Spaces
Editors	Peter Grootenboer, Robyn Zevenbergen, Mohan Chinnappan
Place of Publication	Adelaide
Publisher	Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Pages	35-44
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	1920846123
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	MERGA 29 - Canberra, Australia Duration: 1 Jul 2006 → 5 Jul 2006

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Conference	MERGA 29
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Canberra
Period	1/07/06 → 5/07/06

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Wilson, S., & Thornton, S. (2006). To heal and enthuse: Developmental bibliotherapy and pre-service primary teachers' reflections on learning and teaching mathematics. In P. Grootenboer, R. Zevenbergen, & M. Chinnappan (Eds.), Identities, Cultures and Learning Spaces (pp. 35-44). Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. https://merga.net.au/Public/Publications/Annual_Conference_Proceedings/2006_MERGA_CP.aspx

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Wilson, S & Thornton, S 2006, To heal and enthuse: Developmental bibliotherapy and pre-service primary teachers' reflections on learning and teaching mathematics. in P Grootenboer, R Zevenbergen & M Chinnappan (eds), Identities, Cultures and Learning Spaces. Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Adelaide, pp. 35-44, MERGA 29, Canberra, Australia, 1/07/06. <https://merga.net.au/Public/Publications/Annual_Conference_Proceedings/2006_MERGA_CP.aspx>

To heal and enthuse: Developmental bibliotherapy and pre-service primary teachers' reflections on learning and teaching mathematics. / Wilson, Sue; Thornton, Steve.
Identities, Cultures and Learning Spaces. ed. / Peter Grootenboer; Robyn Zevenbergen; Mohan Chinnappan. Adelaide: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2006. p. 35-44.

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