Teaching Math Teaching Podcast

Conversations with math teacher educators stepping into the role of teaching math teachers

About the show

Learning to teach math teachers better by sharing advice and expertise from mathematics teacher educators in various roles.

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Episodes

  • Episode 85: Sarah Bush: Feeling Valued Matters for Teachers and Students

    November 22nd, 2023  |  Season 4  |  48 mins 53 secs
    grant, leadership, noyce, writing

    Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Sarah Bush from the University of Central Florida, who shares about her roles within NCTM, and about the Master Teacher Fellows and their work in a Noyce Track 3 grant.

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    Episode 84: Sam Otten: Listening to Teachers to Incrementally Improve Mathematics Instruction

    November 8th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  50 mins 25 secs
    flipped instruction, podcast

    Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Sam Otten from 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.

  • Episode 83: Katie Rupe and Dawn Woods: Working Alongside First Year Teachers

    October 25th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  38 mins 30 secs
    first year teachers, grants, professional development, teacher training

    Learning to teach math teachers better with Katie Rupe, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at Western Washington University, and Dr. Dawn Woods, Assistant Professor of Elementary Mathematics Education at Oakland University, as they share their experiences and advice on being mathematics teacher educators, their work supporting first year teachers, and their experience being awarded the first ever Mathematics Education Trust Early Career Research Grant, which is cosponsored by Eugene P. & Clara M. Smith Mathematics Education Research Fund, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and AMTE.

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    Episode 82: Melissa Adams Corral: Teaching as Community Organizing

    October 11th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  47 mins
    community, community organizing

    Learning to teach math teachers better with Melissa Adams Corral, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at the
    University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, as she shares her experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator, shares her work in considering teaching as community organizing, and her experience being awarded the AMTE Dissertation Award.

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    Episode 81: Frances Harper: Community Engaged Scholarship

    September 27th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  42 mins 13 secs
    community, community engagement, equity, robotics, social justice, stem

    Learning to teach math teachers with Frances Harper, Theory & Practice in Teacher Education Director of Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of STEM Education/Mathematics at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as she shares her experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator and shares her projects around community engaged scholarship.

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    Episode 80: Courtney Baker and Melinda Knapp: Proactive Mathematics Coaching

    September 13th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  51 mins 56 secs
    mathematics coach, mathematics coaching, mathematics leader, mathematics leadership, mathematics specialist

    Learning to teach math teachers with Courtney Baker, Associate Professor in the Mathematics Education Leadership program at George Mason University, and Melinda Knapp, Assistant Professor of Education at Oregon State University-Cascades, as they share their experiences and advice on being mathematics teacher educators. Melinda and Courtney also share their book from NCTM, Proactive Mathematics Coaching: Bridging Content, Context, and Practice.

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    Episode 79: [REBROADCAST] Tim Hendrix: Leadership and Service - Who is going to be the next you?

    July 26th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  57 mins 39 secs
    leadership, servant leadership, service

    In honor of the life and work of Tim Hendrix, this is a rebroadcast of the episode that was originally published February 22, 2022. In this episode. we share some words of appreciation and remembrance of Tim Hendrix from colleagues and friends and we also extend the conversation around Tim's talk he gave in receiving the Nadine Bezuk Excellence in Leadership and Service Award at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference in 2022.

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    Episode 78: Carlos LópezLeiva: Responsive and Inclusive Math Teacher Education to Foster Responsive and Inclusive Math Teachers

    May 17th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  46 mins 10 secs
    bilingual, bilingual education, identity, multilingual, teacher educator

    Learning to teach math teachers with Carlos LópezLeiva, Associate Professor of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies at The University of New Mexico, as he shares his experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator, as well as his experiences in school settings in the US and in Guatemala. Carlos also shares his work on considering the identity development of Latinas/os and/or Hispanics as bilingual speakers and as doers of mathematics and the social dimension of teaching, learning, and doing mathematics in different environments.

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    Episode 77: Jonee Wilson: Aligning beliefs around teaching mathematics with the preparation of teachers of mathematics.

    May 3rd, 2023  |  Season 4  |  40 mins 19 secs
    equitable instruction, equitable mathematics instruction, equity

    Learning to teach math teachers with Jonee Wilson, Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia, as she shares her experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator. Jonee also shares her work on creating and disseminating rubrics to identify and promote equitable mathematics instruction and a new project on leadership practices.

  • Episode 76: Pat Nash & Brittany Rollins: Treating Prospective Teachers as Equals in the Classroom

    March 29th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  25 mins 38 secs

    Pat Nash and Brittany Rollins are both 8th grade mathematics teachers. They share their experiences and advice for working with prospective teachers during field placements and internships.

  • Episode 75: Paulo Tan: Humanizing Disabilities, Cultivating Resistance

    March 15th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  42 mins 22 secs

    Dr. Paulo Tan 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.

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    Episode 74: Cindy Jong: Considering Relational, Human, and Cultural Connections with the Teaching of Mathematics

    March 1st, 2023  |  Season 4  |  34 mins 24 secs
    equity, humanizing mathematics, noticing

    Learning to teach math teachers better with Cindy Jong, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Kentucky, as she shares her experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator. Cindy also shares her collaborative project, MINE (Mathematical Intersections of Noticing and Equity), and describes some of the modules that have been developed through the work of the project.

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    Episode 73: Anthony Fernandes: Teaching Mathematics Methods for Social Justice through Statistical Investigations of Systemic Racism

    February 1st, 2023  |  Season 4  |  42 mins 24 secs
    antiracism, statistics education, systemic racism, teaching mathematics for social justice

    Learning to teach math teachers better with Anthony Fernandes, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte, as he shares his experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator. Anthony also shares his experiences with languages/communication and how he and colleagues have considered how to use data to help preservice teachers investigate systemic racism within their mathematics methods courses.

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    Episode 72: Joshuah Thurbee: The Influence of a Mathematics Teacher Educator and Maintaining the Stance of a Learner

    January 18th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  40 mins 35 secs
    mathematics, teacher preparation, teaching

    Learning to teach math teachers better with Joshuah Thurbee, Senior Program Officer of Teacher Development & Academy Instructor at Knowles Teacher Initiative, as he shares his experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator. Josh also shares the opportunities for professional development through Knowles Teacher Initiative.

  • Episode 71: Siddhi Desai: Ethnomodeling and collaborating around mathematical curiosities

    November 30th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  34 mins 43 secs
    collaboration, ethnomathematics, ethnomodeling

    Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Siddhi Desai, as she shares her experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator. Siddhi also shares her research and practice on ethnomodeling and collaborating around mathematical curiosities.

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    Episode 70: Sean Nank: Coaching and Leading through Relationships

    November 16th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  35 mins 53 secs

    Dr. Sean Nank shares about his diverse roles as mathematics teacher, mathematics coach, and journal editor for NCSM's Journal of Mathematics Education Leadership. He provides helpful advice to others interested in leading and coaching, including listening and lingering in the conversation with purpose and empathy.