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This Text Charts Current Thinking And Trends In Maths Teacher Education Around The World, And Looks Critically At The Inservice Education Of Maths Teachers. Cover -- Mathematics Teacher Education: Critical International Perspectives -- Copyright -- Contents -- List Of Figures And Tables -- Series Editor's Preface -- Section One Openings -- Introduction -- 1 Charting A Historical Perspective -- Section Two International Perspectives In Mathematics Teacher Education -- 2 Changing Mathematics Instructionand Assessment: Challenging Teachers' Conceptions -- 3 The Institute For The Learning And Teaching Of Mathematics' -- 4 Teachers' Mathematical Experiences As Links To Children's Needs -- 5 Inservice In Lebanon -- 6 Primary Teachers And The Using Of Materials In Problem Solving In Portugal -- 7 Mathematics Classroom Situations: An Inservice Course For Elementary School Teachers -- 8 Dilemmas Of Constructivist Mathematics Teaching: Instances From Classroom Practice -- 9 Changing Teaching In A Changing Society -- 10 Teachers' Knowledge Of Mathematics And Reflective Professional Development -- 11 Pfl-mathematics: Improving Professional Practice In Mathematics Teaching -- 12 Circling The Square: Issues And Dilemmas Concerning Teacher Transformation -- Section Three Critical Perspectives Linking Theory And Practice In Mathematics Teacher Education -- 13 Themes And Issues In Inservice Programmes -- 14 The Enactive Perspective On Teacher Development: 'a Path Laid While Walking' -- 15 Approaching Teacher Development: Practice Into Theory -- 16 The Plurality Of Knowledge Growth In Mathematics Teaching -- Notes On Contributors -- Index.