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.
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 |
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| 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 |
Conference
| Conference | MERGA 29 |
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| Country | 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). Adelaide: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.