Teaching Math Teaching Podcast

Episode 103: Joi Spencer: Persistence at Creating Affirming Spaces for Fostering Positive Math Identities

January 22nd, 2025  |  Season 6  |  48 mins 3 secs

access, anti-blackness, identity, math identity, mathematics identity, opportunity

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Joi Spencer, Dean of the School of Education at the University of California, Riverside. as we discuss her experience and expertise as a math teacher educator, her long running STEAM Academy, and her book, Anti-Blackness at School: Creating Affirming Educational Spaces for African American Students.

Episode 102: Erin Krupa and Jonathan Bostic: Building Community and Pointing to Validity

December 18th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  45 mins 10 secs

Learning to teach math teachers better with Erin Krupa, Associate Professor College of Education at North Carolina State University, and Jonathan Bostic, Professor and Director of Grant Innovations in the College of Education and Human Development at Bowling Green State University. Listen as Erin and Jonathan share about the importance and benefits of building a community, and also about the project Validity Evidence for Measurement in Mathematics Education.

Episode 101: Rick Hudson: Growing as a Math Educator through Experiences, Relationships, and Opportunities to Serve

December 4th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  42 mins 42 secs

data science, math methods, mathematics methods, statistics, statistics education

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Rick Hudson, Chair of Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Southern Indiana and Vice President for Professional Learning of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Listen as he shares his experience and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator and opportunities for learning and growing as an educator through experiences, relationships, and opportunities to serve.

Episode 100: Roundtable Discussion: 100th Episode, Giving Tuesday, and Plans to Attend the 29th Annual AMTE Conference

November 20th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  49 mins 54 secs

conference, giving, giving tuesday, podcasting

Learning to teach math teachers better by engaging in a roundtable discussion around the 100th episode of the Teaching Math Teaching podcast, the opportunities to support fellow math teacher educators through financial giving, and a preview of the upcoming conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators in Reno, NV in 2025.

Episode 99: Rodrigo Gutiérrez and Melissa Hosten: Being Responsive and Engaged to Elevate the Work of Math Teachers

November 6th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  50 mins 31 secs

collaborative, community, mathematics teachers, recruitment, retention

Learning to teach math teachers better with Melissa Hosten and Dr. Rodrigo Gutiérrez, Directors of the Center for Recruitment and Retention of Mathematics Teachers (CRR) at the University of Arizona, as we discuss their varied experiences and advice as mathematics teacher educators, and the work, mission, and opportunities of the CRR.

Episode 98: Jacqueline Leonard: Empathy as a Path toward Culturally Specific Pedagogy in the Mathematics Classroom

October 23rd, 2024  |  Season 5  |  51 mins 41 secs

culturally relevant pedagogy, culturally specific pedagogy, project based learning, teaching math for social justice

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Jacqueline Leonard, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Education at the University of Wyoming, as she shares her many and varied experiences in mathematics education, and her advice on being a mathematics teacher educator looking to take steps toward a more equitable future.

Episode 97: David Coffey & Kathryn Coffey: Using Design-Based Thinking to Humanize Mathematics

September 26th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  42 mins 3 secs

Learning to teach better with Dave & Kathy Coffey, as they share insights from design-based thinking on planning and teaching, and their new book, Using Design Thinking to Support the Teaching and Learning of K-8 Mathematics.

Episode 96: Kate Johnson: Identity, Language, and Pedagogy in and beyond being a Math Teacher Educator

September 11th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  54 mins 54 secs

identity, language, pedagogy

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Kate Johnson, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at Brigham Young University, as we discuss her experiences and advice as a mathematics teacher educator, as an associate editor of the Mathematics Teacher Educator journal, and as a co-author of the article, Ungrievable: Theorizing white Christian nationalist rhetorical practices in education in the Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies journal.

Episode 95: Katey Arrington: Working on mathematics education issues within the system and by changing the system

June 19th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  37 mins 21 secs

leaders, leadership, mathematics education leadership, systemic transformation

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Katey Arrington, Director of Systemic Transformation at The University of Texas at Austin, Charles A. Dana Center, and the President of NCSM: Mathematics Education Leadership. Listen as she shares her experience and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator and her path toward approaching the systemic transformation of mathematics education from her time as an undergraduate to her roles at the Dana Center and the president of NCSM: Mathematics Education Leadership.

Episode 94: Hyejin Park, Travis Weiland, Samantha Marshall, & Eunhye Flavin: Supporting the Good Work of Early Career Faculty

May 22nd, 2024  |  Season 5  |  49 mins 14 secs

dissertation, dissertation award, early career faculty

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Hyejin Park, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Drake
University, Dr. Travis Weiland, Assistant Professor at the University of Houston, Dr. Samantha Marshall, Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University, and Dr. Eunhye Flavin, Assistant Professor at Stonehill College, as they share their experience and expertise as mathematics teacher educators and share their work on the AMTE Research Committee, more specifically the AMTE Dissertation Award, and the importance of getting involved and helping others get involved in organizational leadership!

Episode 93: Barbara King, Siddhi Desai, Justin Burris, and Sheila Orr: Equity Work to Create and Refine Avenues to Engage in the Improvement of Mathematics Teacher Education

May 8th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  43 mins 54 secs

equity, research, social justice

Learning to teach math teachers with Dr. Barbara King, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning at Florida International University, Dr. Siddhi Desai, Assistant Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Dr. Justin Burris, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Houston, and Sheila Orr, a Doctoral Candidate in Curriculum, Instruction and Teacher Education at Michigan State University. They share their experience as mathematics teacher educators and share their work on the AMTE Equity Committee, which includes the Equity Book Club, how their study on AMTE Conference presentations led to changes in the proposal system and conference format, and finally, they share the importance of getting involved and helping others have their voices heard.

Episode 92: Nirmala Naresh: Shifting Perspectives on Mathematics Teaching and Mining Your Own Experience

April 24th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  53 mins 25 secs

learning, pedagogy, teaching

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Nirmala Naresh, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of North Texas and the AMTE Associate Vice President for the Annual Conference Program, as she shares her advice and expertise on being a mathematics teacher educator as well as gaining insight on improvements for next year's AMTE Conference in Reno, NV.

Episode 91: Kyle Whipple, Enrique Ortiz, Alexa Lee-Hassan, and Liza Bondurant: Engaging in Advocacy, Previewing Advocacy Around Disability, and Shoulder Tapping

April 10th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  55 mins 22 secs

activism, advocacy, disability, leadership

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Kyle Whipple, Associate Professor of Education for Equity and Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Dr. Enrique Ortiz, Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Central Florida, Alexa Lee-Hassan, Learning Sciences Graduate Student and Mathematics Education Lecturer at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Dr. Liza Bondurant, Associate Professor at Mississippi State University. They share their experience as mathematics teacher educators and their work on the AMTE Advocacy Committee and their plans for the upcoming AMTE conference in February of 2025 in Reno, NV as well as the importance of getting involved and helping others get involved in advocacy and organizational leadership.

Episode 90: Christa Jackson: Helping Students See Themselves in Powerful Mathematicians

March 27th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  30 mins 1 sec

Learning to teach math teachers better with Christa Jackson, who shares her infectious joy about learning and mathematics. She is editing a book series, Powerful Mathematicians Who Changed the World, that is aimed at students of all ages.

Episode 89: Jessica Ivy and Cat Maiorca: Judicious Use of AI in Math Teacher Education

March 13th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  37 mins 55 secs

Learning to teach mathematics teachers better with Cat Maiorca and Jessica Ivy, as they share findings from their award-winning presentation at the AMTE 2024 conference. They describe considerations for judiciously selecting and using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in mathematics teacher education.

Episode 88: Christopher Jett: Being Excellent in Mathematics Teacher Education

February 28th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  36 mins 39 secs

education, mathematics, teacher

Learning to teach mathematics teachers better with Dr. Christopher Jett, as we discuss efforts to be an advocate for others within mathematics teacher education, and also his book, Black Male Success in Higher Education.