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The teaching of instructional technology implementation in mathematics teacher education research: A critical analysis from a praxeology-informed perspective
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Teaching and Learning.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5437-6199
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Teaching and Learning.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2896-0890
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Teaching and Learning. Mälardalen University, Sweded.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4317-7335
Number of Authors: 32024 (English)In: Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, E-ISSN 1528-5804, Vol. 24, no 4Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Instructional technology implementation is increasingly being addressed in teacher education, though research literature on its implementation remains limited. This literature analysis draws the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic to map what and how instructional technology is integrated into preservice mathematics teacher education and to identify conditions that facilitate or hinder the adaptation. Drawing from 22 peer-reviewed articles published between 2010 and 2022, the study maps empirical studies of instructional technology integration in mathematics teacher education. Key findings reveal that preservice teachers consistently engaged in lesson planning, practiced teaching peers in 13 cases, and taught actual learners in three instances, while reflection occurred in seven cases. However, the underlying reasoning (logos) behind the didactical practices were not presented to the preservice teachers, remained implicit, or were not clearly linked to the praxis. Furthermore, the decomposition of teaching practices was an underused pedagogical practice. Learning opportunities included rehearsals, the use of exemplary curriculum materials, teamwork, and constructive feedback. A key challenge in adapting the didactical praxeologies was the participants’ lack of prior experience with technology. The analysis highlights the need to make the reasons behind teaching practices explicit and calls for more intentional integration of teacher education pedagogies to enhance learning outcomes. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024. Vol. 24, no 4
Keywords [en]
Instructional technology, mathematics teacher education, the anthropological theory of the didactic, critical analysis
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Didactics Pedagogy
Research subject
Mathematics Education
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-243057OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-243057DiVA, id: diva2:1956853
Projects
REMATH – Researching Practice-Based Mathematics Teacher Education – A national research schoolAvailable from: 2025-05-07 Created: 2025-05-07 Last updated: 2025-11-23Bibliographically approved
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1. The Didactics of Mathematics with Instructional Technology: An epistemological-ecological analysis of secondary mathematics teacher education in Ghana and Sweden
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Didactics of Mathematics with Instructional Technology: An epistemological-ecological analysis of secondary mathematics teacher education in Ghana and Sweden
2025 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Instructional technology holds transformative potential for mathematics education, enabling rich conceptual understanding, fostering student engagement, and adaptive pedagogical strategies when used meaningfully. Although Ghana and Sweden have introduced policy mandates and curricular reforms that promote their integration, classroom uptake remains limited and uneven. Existing research often highlights either the benefits or the challenges,  overlooking the formative processes through which pre-service teachers (PSTs) develop the didactic rationales required for theoretically grounded instructional technology use. This thesis addresses this gap by contributing to knowledge of how PSTs are prepared to teach mathematics by integrating instructional technology in Ghana and Sweden. Guided by the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic (ATD), this thesis employed a qualitative comparative case study design drawing on course plans, classroom video observations, semi-structured interviews with mathematics teacher educators (MTEs), and video-assisted focus group interviews with the PSTs. Analysis followed an epistemological–ecological approach, combining deductive content analysis, informed by reference models developed through the ATD, with inductive and abductive interpretation of their institutional conditioning. The study found a shared deficit in the logos (didactic rationales) taught across teacher education in Ghana and Sweden: instructional technology was used mainly at the praxis (practice) level, with limited articulation of the logos guiding its use. The resultant didactic praxeologies were productive but theoretically thin, especially at the pedagogy and didactic organisation levels of the meta-didactic co-determination, where compartmentalised course structures and limited reflective engagement constrained learning opportunities. Pre-didactic praxeologies (e.g., planning) predominated, with minimal opportunities for didactic (in the narrow sense, e.g., actual teaching) and post-didactic praxeologies (e.g., post-lesson reflections).  Across both contexts, the way MTEs taught (meta-didactic praxeologies) was weighted toward representing and decomposing practice, with minimal opportunities to approximate practice, limiting PSTs’ opportunities to rehearse and critically reflect on theory-informed instructional decisions. Ecological analysis showed that instructional choices reflected pragmatic adaptation to local constraints rather than principled design. While Ghana’s constraints were largely infrastructural and policy-based, Sweden’s were more epistemic and design-based, tied to modular course structures. The thesis contributes to theoretical knowledge by reconceptualising instructional technology as a didactic object shaped by institutional transpositions and professional norms. The thesis introduces performative praxeologies to explain logos-thin practices as rational ecological adaptations rather than deficiencies. It develops a dual-layered didactic reference model and a scale of meta-didactic co-determination, providing a precise comparative lens for analysing teacher education systems. Methodologically, it establishes the ATD as a generative framework for capturing both practice and its underlying rationales. In practice, it proposes a hybrid instructional model that promotes a reflective, theoretically grounded, and context-responsive integration of instructional technology in mathematics teacher education.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Department of Teaching and Learning, Stockholm University, 2025. p. 172
Keywords
instructional technology, mathematics teacher education, praxeologies, pre-service teachers, meta-didactic co-determination
National Category
Didactics
Research subject
Mathematics Education
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:su:diva-249660 (URN)978-91-8107-454-3 (ISBN)978-91-8107-455-0 (ISBN)
Public defence
2026-01-22, Hörsal 10, Södra huset E, Vån 3, Universitetsvägen 10 E and online via Zoom: https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/69678739339, Stockholm, 13:00 (English)
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Remath
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Swedish Research Council, 2021-00534
Available from: 2025-12-22 Created: 2025-11-23 Last updated: 2025-12-09Bibliographically approved

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