Teaching Math Teaching Podcast

Episode 108: Farshid Safi: Collectively Moving Toward a Comprehensive, Inclusive Approach to Mathematics Teacher Education

April 23rd, 2025  |  Season 6  |  55 mins 14 secs

advocacy, data science, goals, inclusion, leadership, mission, position statements

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Farshid Safi, K-12 Math Educator, Associate Director for Teaching and Service and Associate Professor in the School of Teacher Education at the University of Central Florida, as well as the President of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. We discuss with Farshid the upcoming 2026 conference and how AMTE is continuing to live out its mission and position statements.

Episode 107: Karen Karp: Better Teaching at the Intersection of Math and Special Education + MET Grants & Awards

April 2nd, 2025  |  Season 6  |  37 mins 40 secs

differentiation, special education, students, teachers

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Karen Karp, as she shares her experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator. She also shares her work at the intersection of special education and mathematics education, and opportunities for professional growth through the Mathematics Education Trust.

Episode 106: Elham Kazemi: Be a Student of your Students and Make your Practice Public

March 12th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  39 mins 34 secs

educational leaders, educational leadership, math talk, mathematics talk, teacher leaders

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Elham Kazemi, Professor in the College of Education at the University of Washington, as she shares her advice and expertise on being a mathematics teacher educator, and her perspective on helping educational leaders make space for good mathematics teaching to happen in schools.

Episode 105: Daniel Edelen: The Immense Brilliance of Children

February 26th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  47 mins 24 secs

Learning to teach mathematics teachers better with Dr. Daniel Edelen as he shares strategies and mindsets for recognizing the brilliance of young children, centering them and their experiences, and developing empathy as a teacher and teacher educator.

Episode 104: Roundtable Discussion: Opening Session of the AMTE Annual Conference, “Moving Beyond Transactional Relationships in Educational Spaces” featuring Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Nicol Howard, Lateefah Id-Deen, Carlos LópezLeiva, and Farshid Safi

February 12th, 2025  |  Season 6  |  50 mins 43 secs

amte, conference, opening session

Learning to teach math teachers better by engaging in a roundtable discussion around the Opening Session of the Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, featuring Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Nicol Howard, Lateefah Id-Deen, Carlos LópezLeiva, and Farshid Safi, titled “Moving Beyond Transactional Relationships in Educational Spaces.”

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.