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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 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.

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 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 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 87: Roundtable Discussion: Opening Session of the AMTE Annual Conference, "Critical Conversations: AMTE Standards for Preparing Teachers of Mathematics In Social and Political Contexts" featuring Jenny Bay Williams, Liza Bondurant, Yvonne Lai, Richard Velasco, and Eva Thanheiser

February 14th, 2024  |  Season 5  |  52 mins 6 secs

keynote, panel, standards

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 Jenny Bay Williams, Liza Bondurant, Yvonne Lai, Richard Velasco, and Eva Thanheiser, titled "Critical Conversations: AMTE Standards for Preparing Teachers of Mathematics In Social and Political Contexts".

Episode 86: Matthew Campbell: Supporting Collaborative Teacher-Led Improvement of Mathematics Teaching

December 6th, 2023  |  Season 4  |  56 mins 53 secs

fellowship, higher education, networked improvement community, professional development

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Matthew Campbell, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education and Associate Director & Coordinator of Teacher Education at West Virginia University, as he shares his experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator as well as sharing his work with the Moutaineer Mathematics Master Teacher (M3T) Project. Matt also shares his experiences with the STaR (Service Teaching and Research) Fellowship program and how listeners can apply to be a STaR fellow or help fund the program.