Teachers' Use of Mathematics Resources: A Look Across Cultural Boundaries

This chapter is written as a reflection on my encounters with the growing body of research on mathematics teachers' use of resources, focusing on the documentational approach and its impact on my research. I begin by detailing my first encounter with the documentational genesis framework in 2008, introducing me to new language, frameworks, and colleagues from a different cultural context. I then describe two subsequent research projects I have undertaken, one in the USA and the other involving four contexts: Finland, Flanders (Belgium), Sweden, and the USA. These projects have allowed me to refine and deploy the participatory perspective in relation to the documentational approach and have contributed to my understanding of teachers' interactions with mathematics curriculum resources. I conclude by offering four propositions for research on teachers' interactions with curriculum resources; the first three reflect the theoretical perspectives of the documentational framework. The fourth reflects findings from my research.