
Knowledge of Teaching Practice
Accomplished mathematics teachers have an extensive base of pedagogical
knowledge and use it to make curriculum decisions, design instructional
strategies and assessment plans, and choose materials and resources for
mathematics instruction.
Reflection on the Standard
As is true in many other professions, the mastery of the craft of teaching
comes only after a long period of apprenticeship during which one's
academic training is annealed and honed with the fire of practical
experience. Teaching is as much an art as a science, and cannot be
scripted or prescribed, but must come from one's heart.
Teaching requires both thorough planning and great flexibilitt. The
ability to strike a delicate and symbiotic balance between the two
is the mark of the effective teacher.
Evidence, Examples, and Artifacts
Sample artifacts are being collected and will appear at a later date.