QuaMath – A Large-scale Implementation Program to improve Mathematics Education

Abstract

This Mini-Review introduces the QuaMath program (“Developing Quality in Mathematics classrooms and teacher professional development”). The national 10-year program aims to develop the quality of mathematics instruction and teacher professional development in collaboration with the federal states. QuaMath is conducted within the framework of the DZLM (Deutsches Zentrum für Lehrkräftebildung Mathematik (German Center for Mathematics Teacher Education, a network of 12 German universities collaborated with the IPN Leibniz-Institute for Science and Mathematics Education)). Working with teachers and practitioners, the DZLM develops, implements, and researches effective training and support programs in mathematics for teachers and early childhood educators. I address the special role of the 400 facilitators in the implementation and success of the QuaMath program. They themselves receive intense training from the Consortium of Mathematics Education Professors (DZLM).