This paper is from Session 3F: Theory and practice of statistics: curriculum for statistics teachers

which comes under Topic 3: Education and development of staff who teach statistics

Suitability criteria for teachers’ education programs in mathematics and statistics education

Presenter

• Juan D Godino (University of Granada, Spain)

Co-authors

• Hernán Rivas (Catholic University of Chile, Chile)
• Pedro Arteaga (University of Granada, Spain)

Abstract

The design and evaluation of prospective statistics teachers’ education programs require developing reference models for the desirable characteristic of these programs. It is necessary to consider the knowledge required to organize and manage statistics teaching processes, as well as the various aspects involved in the application of that knowledge by the teachers. The aim of this report is to identify components and indicators of didactical suitability for statistics teachers’ education processes (following the model suggested in the onto-semiotic approach to mathematics education). Consequently, we propose a model of didactic-statistics knowledge and some criteria for developing this knowledge in prospective teachers.