mathematics teacher education

Learning to teach mathematics teachers better with Dr. Christopher Jett, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at Georgia State University. We discuss efforts to be an advocate for others within mathematics teacher education, and also his book, Black Male Success in Higher Education. Show notes: Jett, C. C. (2022). Black male success in higher education: How the mathematical brotherhood empowers a collegiate community to thrive. Teachers College Press. https://www.tcpress.com/black-male-success-in-higher-education-9780807767412 (https://www.tcpress.com/black-male-success-in-higher-education-9780807767412) Jett, C.,Yeh, C., & Zavala, M. (2022). From argumentation to truth-telling: Critical race theory in mathematics teacher education. MathematicsTeacher Educator,10(3), 223-230. https://doi.org/10.5951/MTE.2022.0007 (https://www.tcpress.com/black-male-success-in-higher-education-9780807767412) Jett, C. C., & Terry, Sr., C. L. (2023). Elevating mathematics achievement outcomes for Black boys: Guidance for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. Theory Into Practice, 62(4), 420-430. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2023.2258733 (https://doi.org/10.1080/00405841.2023.2258733) AMTE Volunteer Form: https://www.amte.net/form/volunteer (https://www.amte.net/form/volunteer) Mathematics Teacher Educator Podcast (https://mtepodcast.amte.net) Special Guest: Christopher Jett.

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Sam Otten, Associate Professor, Lois Knowles Faculty Fellow, and Department Chair in Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum at the University of Missouri, as he shares advice and insight on the importance of listening to teachers when working to improve instructional practice in mathematics classrooms. He also discusses his research on flipped mathematics instruction, and the Math Ed Podcast that he started in 2012. Links from the episode: Math Ed Podcast https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/mathed Teddy Chao and OSU Digital Math Storytelling https://u.osu.edu/digitalmathstorytelling/ Flipped Math Study www.flippedmathstudy.net Practice-Driven PD Project www.practicedrivenpd.com AMTE Connections article with Sean Yee and Megan Taylor about what teachers think should be in secondary methods courses. https://www.rcml-math.org/assets/Newsletter/rcml%20newsletter%20may%202018.pdf To apply for a Ph.D. in Math Education at the University of Missouri www.mizzoumathed.org Missing Letters: An Alphabet Book http://www.missinglettersbook.com Special Guest: Sam Otten.

Dr. Paulo Tan (University of Missouri-St. Louis) shares about his work in humanizing disabilities in mathematics teacher education, and highlights how mathematics is for, with, and by folks with disabilities. In preparing mathematics teachers, he strives to help them cultivate their practices and thinking to enact resistance in their daily practice. Articles and resources mentioned in this episode: Mason, E. N., Padilla, A., & Tan, P. (2022). Toward justice-driven inquiry: On the rightful presence of students with disabilities in mathematics. (https://atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/Journals/MT283/05.pdf) Mathematics Teaching. Tan, P., Padilla, A., & Lambert, R. (2022). A critical review of educator and disability research in mathematics education: A decade of dehumanizing waves and humanizing wakes. (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/00346543221081874?journalCode=rera) Review of Educational Research. Yeh, C., Tan, P., & Reinholz, D. L. (2021). Rightful presence in times of crisis and uprisings: A call for disobedience. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10665684.2021.1951631?journalCode=ueee20) Equity & Excellence in Education, 54(2), 196–209. Book: Tan, P., Padilla, A., Mason, E. N., & Sheldon, J. (2019). Humanizing disability in mathematics education: Forging new paths (https://www.nctm.org/Store/Products/Humanizing-Disability-in-Mathematics-Education--Forging-New-Paths/). NCTM. Annamma, S., & Morrison, D. (2018). DisCrit classroom ecology: Using praxis to dismantle dysfunctional education ecologies. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0742051X17313379) Teaching and Teacher Education, 73, 70–80. Schalk, S. (2018). Bodyminds reimagined: (Dis)ability, race, and gender in Black women’s speculative fiction. (https://www.dukeupress.edu/bodyminds-reimagined) Duke University Press. Tan, P. & Kastberg, S. (2017). A call for mathematics education researchers to lead and advocate for individuals with dis/abilities. (https://jume-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/JUME/article/view/321) Journal of Urban Mathematics Education, 10(2), 25–38. PMENA Working Group on Disability Justice - See paper in PMENA 44 2022 Proceedings (http://www.pmena.org/pmenaproceedings/PMENA%2044%202022%20Proceedings.pdf): Taking up mathematics education research spaces as resistance: Toward disability justice, pp 2210-2212, in Lischka, A. E., Dyer, E. B., Jones, R. S., Lovett, J. N., Strayer, J., & Drown, S. (2022). Proceedings of the forty-fourth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Middle Tennessee State University. Mathematics Teacher Educator Podcast (https://mtepodcast.amte.net/) Special Guest: Paulo Tan.

Marrielle Myers shares her story of becoming a mathematics teacher educator, and gives good advice about choosing service opportunities that align with professional goals, and allowing space for things that come up during the year. When she was the coordinator for a large teacher preparation program, Marrielle noticed that preservice teachers of color were facing microaggressions that went unrecognized by their supervisors. She worked to create structural supports, supports for students, and training to help address these issues. Special Guest: Marrielle Myers.

Carlos Nicolas (Nico) Gomez shares some thoughts and questions from his work on mathematical identity to help teachers (including mathematics teacher educators) be more purposeful in their teaching. These questions include "Who am I as a teacher?" "What should we be doing?" "Why should we be doing these things?" Nico also shares about his role as a member of TODOS: Mathematics for ALL, and the importance of groups within professional organizations that are based on particular expressions of identity (e.g., race) to help members navigate places of belonging within the profession. TODOS: Mathematics for ALL https://www.todos-math.org/ Casio Webinars https://www.todos-math.org/casio-webinars Gomez, C. N., & Connor, A.-M. (2020). Impact of Cooney, Shealy, and Arvold’s (1998) Belief Structures: A Literature Review and Citation Analysis. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 51(4), 468-503. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5951/jresematheduc-2020-0046 Special Guest: Nico Gomez.

Babette Benken shares advice about serving in an organization, and also about how to prepare oneself to lead others. She emphasizes the importance of considering passions when pursuing leadership roles. Volunteering is a great way to see how your passions fit within the activities and goals of an organization. Within AMTE, she is the current Vice President for Publications. From this vantage point, she shares tips about writing for various AMTE publications, including Connections, Mathematics Teacher Educator, CITE Journal and book-length projects. Volunteer form for AMTE (https://amte.net/form/volunteer) AMTE Publications overview (https://amte.net/publications) Submission Guidelines for Connections Newsletter (https://amte.net/publications/amte-connections-submit) Submission Guidelines for Mathematics Teacher Educator (https://pubs.nctm.org/view/journals/mte/mte-overview.xml?tab_body=SubmissionGuidelines) Submission Guidelines for CITE Journal (https://amte.net/publications/cite-journal/call-for-manuscripts) AMTE Publications Proposal (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzOsQmrDwhf1VzA5OGROU3JNY1VWR2lyNlMzdVdfa0JiVUJN/view) Special Guest: Babette Benken.