specific characteristics of teaching mathematics to such an audience.
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mathematical preparation of elementary school teachers, Gamidov
proposes his own theoretical and practical conception of the mathe-
matical preparation of future teachers, which is embodied in a system of
methodological recommendations. His key idea may be summed up in
highly abbreviated form as an attempt to integrate strictly subject-based
elements and didactic elements, always underscoring both connections
with school education and pedagogical methods and technologies.
The study devotes considerable attention to the history and specific
character of education in the author’s country, Azerbaijan.
Most studies, however, are devoted to the mathematical preparation
of mathematics teachers not in elementary but in basic and senior
schools. Shkerina (2000) notes that, at the time her dissertation was
written, there were no systematic studies of the cognitive–educational
activity of students undergoing mathematical preparation at a pedagog-
ical university (p. 5); her objective was to fill this gap. She emphasizes
that it is not enough for future teachers to acquire a specific body of
knowledge themselves: “they must be prepared to organize the actual
mathematical activity of their students” (p. 14). Consequently, she
identifies groups of necessary actions in the mathematical activity of
a student, among which are learning the definitions of mathematical
concepts, identifying the basic features and properties of mathematical
objects, establishing logical connections between mathematical objects
in one or several mathematical theories, and carrying out actions
pertaining to problem solving. On the other hand, Shkerina identifies
groups of actions performed by students in the process of learning
activities (for example, testing/self-testing the assimilation of knowl-
edge or its reproduction). Drawing on this type of analysis, she proposes
models and technologies of education, whose success she confirms by
citing an experiment that she has conducted.
Safuanov’s (2000) work is also devoted to identifying methodolog-
ical principles for designing and implementing a system of instruction
in the mathematical disciplines as they are taught at a pedagogical
university. This author developed his conception by relying on the
genetic approach, which he defines as “following the natural paths of
the origin and use of mathematical knowledge” (p. 6). He undertakes
a theoretical investigation of the genetic approach and its principles,
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