Teaching mathematics with technology at kindergarten: resources and orchestrations

In this chapter we study the use of software by kindergarten teachers in mathematics, with 5 or 6-year-old students. In most countries (our study takes place in France), technology is not much used in the teaching of mathematics at kindergarten and primary school levels. Analysing the conditions, and factors, influencing its use in class is likely to contribute to the study of this - difficult - integration in the teachers' practices (Poisard, Bueno-Ravel, & Gueudet 2011). We retain here a perspective of mediated activity (Vygotsky, 1978), considering that teachers are engaged in a professional activity, with specific objectives, and that the interactions with tools, in the course of this activity, are central. Nevertheless, instead of speaking of "tools", we focus here on interactions between teachers and various kinds of resources (Gueudet & Trouche, 2009), including technology. We study orchestrations (Drijvers, 2012) set up by kindergarten teachers in class. What are the features of these orchestrations, and which factors determine these features?

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Source The mathematics teacher in the digital era
Author Gueudet, Ghislaine, Bueno-Ravel, Laetitia, Poisard, Caroline
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 7, 2026, 13:24 (UTC)
Created May 7, 2026, 13:24 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00927078
Language en
contributor Centre de Recherche sur l'Education, les apprentissages et la didactique (CREAD EA 3875) ; Université de Brest (UBO EPE)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Institut Brestois des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société (IBSHS) ; Université de Brest (UBO EPE)
creator Gueudet, Ghislaine
date 2014-05-07T00:00:00
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