Early Childhood Teachers‘ Professional Competence in Mathematics (Hardcover)

List of figures List of tables List of contributors Introduction Simone Dunekacke, Aljoscha Jegodtka, Thomas Koinzer, Katja Eilerts & Lars Jenßen Part 1- Dispositions Voices of competence: What I learned from my Early Education students Herbert P. Ginsburg Preschool teachers’ mathematical pedagogical content knowledge and self-reported classroom activities Joke Torbeyns, Febe Demedts and Fien Depaepe Age-appropriate performance expectations and learning objectives of early childhood teachers in the field of mathematics: a cross-country comparison of Austria and Switzerland Karoline Rettenbacher, Lars Eichen, Manfred Pfiffner & Catherine Walter-Laager How preservice teacher training changes prospective ECEC teachers’ emotions about mathematics Oliver Thiel A math-avoidant profession? Review of the current research about early childhood teachers' mathematics anxiety and empirical evidence Lars Jenßen Kindergarten educators’ affective-motivational dispositions: examining enthusiasm for fostering mathematics in kindergarten Franziska Vogt, Miriam Leuchter, Simone Dunekacke, Aiso Heinze, Anke Lindmeier, Susanne Kuratli Geeler, Anuschka Meier, Selma Seemann, Andrea Wullschleger & Elisabeth Moser Opitz Part 2- Situation-Specific Skills Early mathematics education ? What do pre-service teachers learn? Simone Dunekacke & Sigrid Blomeke Supporting Preservice Early Childhood Educators to Identify Mathematical Activities in the Actions of Preverbal Young Children Audrey Cooke & Jenny Jay Part 3- Performance Early childhood teachers‘ selection of subskills-related activities and instructional approaches to foster children’s early number skills Lara Pohle, Lars Jenßen & Katja Eilerts Longitudinal Evaluation of a Scale-up Model for Professional Development in Early Mathematics Julie Sarama, Douglas H. Clements & Shannon Stark Guss Preschool Teachers’ Ways of Promoting Mathematical Learning in Picture Book Reading Camilla Bjorklund & Hanna Palmer The relative frequency of mathematical learning opportunities in the morning circle in relation to the development of children’s mathematical competencies Aljoscha Jegodtka, Georg Hosoya, Markus Szczesny, Lars Jenßen, Corinna Schmude 　 Outlook: Context and its consequences?a neglected factor in research on early-childhood teachers’ professional skills? Esther Brunner