Teaching Math Teaching Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Episode 69: Nicole Joseph: Making Black Girls Count in Math Education

November 2nd, 2022  |  Season 3  |  51 mins 2 secs

black girls, black women, identity, identity development

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Nicole Joseph, as she shares her experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator. Nicole also shares her research on Black women and girls, their identity development, and their experiences in mathematics as well as sharing her work running the Joseph's Mathematics Education Lab.

Episode 68: Jeffrey Wanko: STaR Fellowship Program, Curriculum Development, and the Importance of Listening

October 19th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  46 mins 42 secs

fellowship, higher education, professional development

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Jeffrey Wanko, as he shares his experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator. Jeff also shares his experiences with the STaR (Service Teaching and Research) Fellowship program and how listeners can apply to be a STaR or help fund the program.

Episode 67: J. Michael Shaughnessy: Mathematics Education Trust Grants, Getting Involved, and Getting Others Involved

October 5th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  35 mins 51 secs

awards, grants, nctm, statistics, statistics education

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. J. Michael Shaughnessy, as he shares his experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator, shares information about Mathematics Education Trust Grant Awards, and a new opportunity for mathematics teacher educators to fund their research efforts.

Episode 66: Jennifer Suh: Professional Learning, Technology, and an Asset-Based Perspective of Teachers

September 21st, 2022  |  Season 3  |  39 mins 24 secs

lesson study, problem based learning, professional development, project based learning, technology

Learning to teach math teachers better with Jennifer Suh as she shares her experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator, shares an upcoming experience for early career mathematics teacher educators coming up in October, and shares the work that got her and her colleagues awarded the National Technology Leadership Initiative Fellowship .