Resources at the Core of Mathematics Teachers’ Work

Abstract

Mathematics teachers work with resources in class and out of class. Textbooks, in particular, hold a central place in this material. Nevertheless, the available resources evolve, with an increasing amount of online resources: software, lesson plans, classroom videos etc. This important change led us to propose a study of mathematics teachers documentation. Mathematics teachers select resources, combine them, use them, revise them, amongst others. Teachers’ documentation is both this work and its outcome. Teachers’ documentation work is central to their professional activity; it influences the professional activity, which evolves along what we call professional geneses. In this conference, I introduce a specific perspective on teachers resources, which enlightens in particular the changes caused by the generalized use of Internet resources.