Learning to Learn in Mathematics: Two Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Fellows' Narratives

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Mathematics Education; Awards; Fellowships; Middle School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Teaching Experience; Student Centered Learning; Authentic Learning; Teaching Methods; Intercultural Communication; Language Usage; Comparative Analysis; Observation

Finland (Helsinki); Netherlands; Germany

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Two middle school educators earned a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching fellowship. A Fulbright Finland Foundation inter-country travel grant provided the grantees with a unique opportunity to connect and collaborate at the University of Helsinki. Within this research, they described their inquiry experiences. The research included examining authentic student-centered learning continuums and phenomenon-based learning in Finland and teachers' adaptability in relation to meeting the needs of linguistically and culturally diverse math classrooms in the Netherlands. This paper summarizes how cross-cultural dialogues, classroom observations, and informal interviews with educators, students, and thought leaders informed each grantee's discovery of how student-centered learning is structured, delivered, and valued in Finland and the Netherlands. This article (1) describes how communication empowers middle school mathematics students, (2) analyzes the learning-to-learn framework, and (3) provides insights into how to utilize language diversity in a mathematics classroom.

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2023

EJ1383419