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This article describes a 4-year study which identifies the differences between a coteaching and a non-coteaching model of student teaching. The study of academic impact took place in the St. Cloud Area School District over 4 years. The participants were teacher candidates placed with cooperating teachers in which both members had participated in the two coteaching workshops. This study clearly establishes the positive impact of the coteaching model of student teaching. Teacher candidates, when paired with cooperating teachers and trained in coteaching, increase the academic achievement of students in the classroom.

This paper investigates the relevance of actor-network theory to understanding teacher change in mathematics education by considering a single teacher change narrative. The article is centered on a veteran teacher of mathematics who participated in a teacher led, teacher-educator-supported professional development project. Three conceptual tools appropriated or adapted from actor network theory are used to describe and analyze features of this teacher narrative.

This paper reports on a study into how collaborative contexts influence the professional development of an early-career primary teacher, Julia. The authors describe the process of change by which Julia manages to make her planning to teach mathematics more flexible so as to adapt to student difficulties. Furthermore, the authors analyze the role that joint reflection plays in promoting this change.

In this article, the authors analyze ways in which institutional heteronormativity operates in primary schools. The authors report results from their research in UK schools that culminated in a Participatory Action Research project in which practicing teachers explored possibilities for disrupting dominant discourses of sexuality and gender expression.