Teacher noticing: enlightening or blinding?

This paper comments on the theoretical formulations and usage of the construct of teacher noticing in a selection of the papers in this special issue of ZDM Mathematics Education. The analysis of how the notion of teacher noticing is used in the papers suggests that it draws attention to several int...

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Published in:ZDM 2016-04, Vol.48 (1-2), p.227-238
Main Author: Scheiner, Thorsten
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attention
Beliefs
Cognitive Processes
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Science
Commentary Paper
Community Relations
Cultural Influences
Decision making
Early Childhood Teachers
Education
Human factors
Influence
Institutional Environment
Knowledge
Mathematical analysis
Mathematics
Mathematics Education
Mathematics Instruction
Mathematics Teachers
Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Pedagogy
Preschool teachers
Researchers
Teacher Effectiveness
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching Methods
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Summary:This paper comments on the theoretical formulations and usage of the construct of teacher noticing in a selection of the papers in this special issue of ZDM Mathematics Education. The analysis of how the notion of teacher noticing is used in the papers suggests that it draws attention to several interdependencies involved that have not been attended to in the past. However, the contributions in this special issue have only partially accounted for the dynamic interactions in teacher noticing, suggesting that there is potential for enriching our understanding of the complexities involved in the realm of teacher noticing. The purpose of this commentary is to stimulate the current discussion on teacher noticing by providing insights from cognitive science and the applied science of human factors, which have the potential to challenge the current understanding of noticing. In doing so, the paper sets the stage for several related constructs from these research disciplines to raise awareness of aspects that recent conceptualizations of teacher noticing may have blinded rather than enlightened.
ISSN:1863-9690
1863-9704
DOI:10.1007/s11858-016-0771-2