A cognitive model to interpret mathematics teachers' professional development. A case study within a collaborative environment

Abstract

Based on Sfard’s stages of interiorisation, condensation and reification, which she applies to explain the cognitive processes in relation to the mathematical learning, we propose an interpretative model of professional development. We analyse its features and then the model is applied to the case study of a primary teacher participating in a collaborative project for professional development. This way we show the model’s potentialities.