Classroom practices and curricular resources in teaching initial mathematical knowledge in Spain

Abstract

This paper aims to analyse whether teachers select, combine and adapt resources as part of the overall management of their classroom practices. The aim of this paper will therefore be to establish the role materials play in the classroom, specifically the pedagogical approach to the initial teaching of mathematical knowledge they propose and the coincidence to the classroom practices where they are used. We worked with 39 recordings of classes of 9 teachers. By applying a qualitative data analysis system that permits analysing the tasks for teaching initial mathematical knowledge in classroom practices and the tasks that are in the materials. The results suggest a moderate alignment between practices and materials, within a curricular context that guides rather than dictates, albeit with a reasonably consolidated didactic culture regarding the teaching of initial mathematical knowledge.