摘要：This paper is about the structure of maths teachers in primary schools in Croatia according to their education and also about their usage of maths course books in the classroom, again according to their previous education. The idea was to analyse whether a different education background (the Faculty of Teacher Education graduates, university graduates with a degree in maths) causes teachers to use course books differently. The results show that those teachers who have finished the Faculty of Teacher Education tend to rely more on course books and additional materials (“follow them blindly”) while at the same time they approach their students individually and adapt to their needs. These results are also related to teachers’ work experience (Domović et al., 2012). University graduates with a degree in maths who have become teachers of mathematics, on the other hand, pay a great deal of attention to precision and accuracy in course books. This could be related to demands made on them during their initial education.
关键词：maths classes; maths teachers; course books; primary school; teacher education academy; university studies of maths
