This chapter focuses on mathematics educators. Generally, mathematics educators include educators who facilitate the learning of mathematics, as well as educators who facilitate the teaching of (or learning to teach) mathematics. There is much in common between the knowledge and development of mathematics teachers and that of their educators, yet there are some distinctive characteristics of teacher educators’ knowledge which are worthwhile to examine (Zaslavsky & Peled, 2007).
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Zaslavsky, O. (2009). Mathematics Educators’ Knowledge and Development. In: Even, R., Ball, D.L. (eds) The Professional Education and Development of Teachers of Mathematics. New ICMI Study Series, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09601-8_12
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