Qualities of Mathematics teachers that had a positive impact for future Mathematics teachers

Abstract

This article analyzes the qualities of teachers in mathematics that were remembered as good teachers by young university students who just enrolled for the degree in Teachers in Mathematics at the National University of Rosario (Argentina), in the framework of an activity in which they are asked to remember two of the best teachers of their entire schooling. The obtained results are compared with qualities of "good teachers" in general (of any discipline) in order to analyze the relevance of certain features in the teachers of Mathematics compared with the teachers of any other discipline, according to candidates for teachers in Mathematics. Methodologically, it was possible to take into account a great accumulation of data in order to make qualitative interpretations through the technique of content analysis. There are many similarities among the memorable teachers of the study, regardless of discipline, as well as some distinctive features of the teachers of Mathematics. The authors point out the importance of the school biography for the construction of the teacher's professional knowledge, particularizing in the Professorship in Mathematics.