Document Type

Editorial

Publication Date

2023

Publication Title

Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal

Volume

40

Pages

1-14

Abstract

A mathematics teacher educator’s (MTE) use of self-based methodologies goes beyond developing MTE professional knowledge by contributing scholarly inquiry into MTE work. Existing discussions of MTEs’ use of self-based methodologies have provided descriptions of the methodologies and examples of their use by MTEs to unpack their practice. What is less clear is why MTEs elect to use self-based methodologies. Yet central to understanding and validating self-based methodologies as a means of developing knowledge in mathematics teacher education is understanding the aims of MTEs who use such methodologies. On the basis of author interviews, drafts, and final papers for this special issue, we illustrate and describe MTE assumptions about ontology, epistemology, and ethics of research. Our interpretations through these lenses led to findings about the philosophical underpinnings of self-based methodologies. Using these findings, we argue that the philosophical underpinnings of self-based methodologies as utilized by MTE authors in this special issue are efforts to conduct research in ways that align with views of self in different contexts.

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© 2023 The Authors.

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ORCID

0000-0001-5396-0732 (Grant)

Original Publication Citation

Suazo-Flores, E., Kastberg, S. E., Grant, M., & Chapman, O. (2023). Commentary on thematic special issue: Seeing self-based methodology through a philosophical lens. Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, 40, 1-14. https://education.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/stem/publications/pmej/pome40/index.html

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