Comprender el panorama del desarrollo profesional de los profesores de matemáticas en sudáfrica

Una revisión de la literature

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https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2025.32.16367

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Professores de Matemática, Formação de Professores

Resumen

El desarrollo profesional es esencial para estandarizar la calidad de la enseñanza en todas las áreas temáticas e impactar el aprendizaje de maneras más significativas. En Sudáfrica, el rendimiento de los estudiantes en matemáticas sigue siendo abismal durante décadas, como lo demuestran los exámenes del National Senior Certificate y los informes globales aliados. Una extensa literatura aduce varias razones para la anomalía experimentada. La evolución de las prácticas de los profesores de matemáticas debido al bajo rendimiento justifica, entre otras razones, el desarrollo profesional. Hasta la fecha, se encuentran disponibles amplios estudios y capacitaciones sobre el desarrollo profesional de los profesores de matemáticas con implicaciones en las prácticas docentes para aliviar el entorno existente. Este estudio busca agregar literatura sobre el desarrollo profesional de los profesores de matemáticas con miras a comprender el panorama del esfuerzo inminente de la Autoridad de Educación y Capacitación del Sector de Prácticas de Desarrollo y Capacitación Educativa [ETDP SETA]. Esta revisión de la literatura expone comparativamente áreas de necesidad y mejora en el esfuerzo de desarrollo profesional. La comprensión de este panorama es un estudio piloto que se espera oriente sobre la preparación y la instrumentación en áreas de desarrollo profesional para profesores de matemáticas en Sudáfrica. A partir de la revisión, observamos ausencia de datos empíricos en nuestro contexto que comparen los dos modelos de programa de formación inicial docente. Existe un acuerdo en la literatura para dirigir el desarrollo profesional al contenido y la pedagogía. De ahí la necesidad de realizar más estudios que analicen críticamente estas dos áreas a través del marco del conocimiento matemático para la enseñanza frente al PCK general.

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Biografía del autor/a

  • Loyiso C. Jita, University of the Free State

    Profesor de la Facultad de Matemáticas, Ciencias Naturales y Educación Tecnológica.

  • Olalekan T. Badmus, University of the Free State

    Olalekan T. Badmus

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Jita, L. C., & Badmus, O. T. (2025). Comprender el panorama del desarrollo profesional de los profesores de matemáticas en sudáfrica: Una revisión de la literature. Prometeica - Revista De Filosofía Y Ciencias, 32, e16367 (1-18). https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2025.32.16367
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