Moreira, DarlindaCampelos, Sandra2016-11-172016-11-172012-07978-3-319-10685-4 (Print)978-3-319-12688-3 (Online)http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/5761Conferência realizada em Seul de 8 julho a 15 de julho de 2012This article emerged from a larger study of professional practices of mathematics teachers. It addresses the concept of practice discussing the balance between the collective and individual component of practices and its implications to comprehend some transformations and consolidations of mathematics teachers practice in the Portuguese contemporaneous context.engPracticesSocial transformationsTeachers' practicesconference object10.1007/978-3-319-12688-3