Understanding a Mathematics Teacher Community That Used a Partnership

The purposes of this study are to understand teachers and teacher educators in the context of community and to contribute to the research on professional development using a partnership between a high school and a university. This study shows how teachers in a learning community perceive their practices and community, what they learn from their learning community, and what struggles the teachers had in building the learning community. The results help researchers understand the development of mathematics teachers in the context of community and the process of building a mathematics teacher community.

Nayoung Kwon,B.A.:Mathematics Education at Korea University. M.S.:Mathematics at Korea University. Ph.D.:Mathematics Education at the University of Georgia. Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics Education at Inha University, Korea. Her main interest is teacher education including teaching and learning in the context of community.