The history of a teacher's relief of his mathematics anxiety: the case of Diego

This investigation details the story of Diego, a novice Mexican teacher in secondary school. The story uses a life history approach and describes Diego's process of overcoming mathematics anxiety. Diego experienced mathematics anxiety due to his lack of mathematical knowledge. Having detected t...

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Published in:Educational studies in mathematics 2020-03, Vol.103 (3), p.273-291
Main Authors: González, María S. García, Sierra, Gustavo Martínez
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addition & subtraction
Anxiety
Beginning Teachers
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Case studies
Coaching (Performance)
Control
Coping
Education
Educational aspects
Emotional Response
Emotions
Foreign Countries
High school teachers
High school teaching
Knowledge Base for Teaching
Mathematical analysis
Mathematics
Mathematics Anxiety
Mathematics Education
Mathematics Teachers
Psychological aspects
Secondary School Teachers
Study and teaching
Teacher Characteristics
Teachers
Training
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Summary:This investigation details the story of Diego, a novice Mexican teacher in secondary school. The story uses a life history approach and describes Diego's process of overcoming mathematics anxiety. Diego experienced mathematics anxiety due to his lack of mathematical knowledge. Having detected this situation, the researchers coached him, focusing on his emotional and mathematical knowledge. After this coaching, Diego managed to overcome his mathematics anxiety and enjoyed teaching mathematics. Cases like Diego's are common among novice teachers in Mexico; they are more likely to experience negative emotions despite doing their best for their students. His case can also show us a path for the relief of negative emotions. We suggest that coaching can be used as a strategy to relieve current and future teachers of their anxiety in programs for teacher training and in-service training.
ISSN:0013-1954
1573-0816
DOI:10.1007/s10649-020-09941-8