Evaluando competencias en sostenibilidad presentes en propuestas de aula elaboradas por futuros profesores de matemáticas

  1. Israel García-Alonso 1
  2. Diana Sosa-Martín 1
  3. Rodrigo 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Laguna
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    Universidad de La Laguna

    San Cristobal de La Laguna, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01r9z8p25

Journal:
Avances de investigación en educación matemática: AIEM

ISSN: 2254-4313

Year of publication: 2023

Issue Title: Formación de Profesores de Matemáticas para la Sostenibilidad (FPMpS): una agenda de investigación emergente

Issue: 23

Pages: 61-83

Type: Article

More publications in: Avances de investigación en educación matemática: AIEM

Abstract

The recent crises make it more important than ever to focus on training teachers to develop competencies in sustainability. This paper analyses the impact of a mathematics training program that promotes the design of tasks on mathematics and sustainability, with a focus on Education for Sustainable Development. Using an evaluation rubric, five sustainability competencies were analised in the classroom proposals. Overall, an improvement in the level of achievement of all sustainability competencies was ob-served after the training. Additionally, the rubric serves as a tool not only to measure the level of achieve-ment in each sustainability competence, but also to identify the aspects that need to be integrated in the proposal to achieve its advanced level, in connection with mathematical knowledge.

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