Teacher-student development in mathematics classrooms: Interrelated zones of free movement and promoted actions |
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| Authors: | Mohammed Abdul Hussain John Monaghan John Threlfall |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Education, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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| Abstract: | This paper applies and extends Valsiner’s ‘zone theory’ (zones of free movement and promoted actions) through an examination of an intervention to establish inquiry communities in primary mathematics classrooms. Valsiner’s zone theory, in a classroom setting, views students’ freedom of choice of action and thought as mediated by the teacher. The extension of this theory adds that teachers’ freedom of choice of action and thought is mediated by ‘significant others’ and also by the actions of students with new freedoms. The paper presents necessary theoretical constructs and provides extracts from lessons and from teacher-teacher collaboration to illustrate the theoretical extension. |
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