International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement

Teacher Education and Development Study in Mathematics 2008 (TEDS-M)

The Teacher Education and Development Study in Mathematics (TEDS-M) is a collaborative effort of worldwide institutions and experts in mathematics, mathematics education, teacher education and comparative research design. Michigan State University and the Australian Council for Educational Research are the International Study Centers for this project. The project is sponsored by IEA and receives partial funding from the National Science Foundation. TEDS-M relies on rigorous methodologies, the use of national representative samples, and large-scale surveys of teacher education institutions, teacher education faculty, and future teachers to study the policy, organization, outcomes, and costs of preparing future mathematics teachers at the primary and lower secondary levels across more than 20 countries. As part of the study, researchers will analyze policies governing mathematics teacher education, including recruitment, selection, certification, and accreditation. In addition, researchers will examine curricula in teacher education and its correlation to primary and secondary curricula future teachers will teach. Researchers will also analyze the intended and achieved outcomes of teacher education programs, regarding what future primary and secondary school teachers learn about mathematics, mathematics pedagogy, and other important knowledge for teaching. The results of this study will tell us whether what students learn in teacher education leads to more effective knowledge of mathematics for teaching.

We are currently recruiting a post-doctoral survey specialist to help with the study. A post-doctoral position in mathematics education may become available as well. For more information please contact Maria Teresa Tatto at Michigan State University at mttatto@msu.edu

Countries may join the study by contacting IEA http://www.iea.nl until February 2007. For more information please consult our website: http://teds.educ.msu.edu/default.asp