Substantial theoretical and methodological resources were recruited for the study, centrally,
Bernstein's theory of pedagogic discourse (Bernstein, 1990, 2000). It is our contention that
studies concerned with the interaction of the various levels of teacher education practice refine
its tools for looking ‘inside’. In this paper, we focus in on the methods developed to illuminate
the pedagogic practice within these institutions. Specifically, we describe how we have put
Basil Bernstein's theory of pedagogic discourse to work together with additional theoretical
resources to interrogate knowledge and practice in mathematics teacher education.We illustrate
this methodology through analysis of an instance of teacher education pedagogic practice.
While the methodology itself is our focus, the particular example provides a compelling story at
the heart of which is the problem of integration of knowledge(s) within a pedagogic practice.
Here, a constructivist pedagogy is at work, but differentially with respect to teaching/learning
mathematics and teaching/learning mathematics teaching. The example illuminates mathematics
and teaching, and their co-constitution in a particular pedagogic context.