Joel Amidon

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 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 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 .

Episode 65: More Episodes, Volunteering to Serve, and Shoulder Tapping

August 25th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  4 mins 46 secs

serve, volunteer

More episodes of the Teaching Math Teaching Podcast are coming! In the meantime consider volunteering to serve on a committee or shoulder tapping a colleague to serve.

Episode 63: Courtney Koestler and Eva Thanheiser: Building Community to Center Equity and Justice in Mathematics Teacher Education

May 4th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  35 mins 13 secs

community, equity, social justice

Learning to teach math teachers better with Courtney Koestler and Eva Thanheiser as they share their experiences and advice on being mathematics teacher educators and an opportunity to share how colleagues build community to center equity and justice in their teaching of math teachers.

Episode 62: Enrique Galindo: Collaborating and Leadership in Mathematics Education

April 20th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  34 mins 24 secs

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

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Enrique Galindo, president elect of AMTE, as he shares his advice and expertise in being a mathematics teacher educator, both in co-creating research projects, co-creating professional development with teachers, and assuming leadership roles in mathematics education.

Episode 61: Sandra Crespo: What does it mean and what will it take to be an anti-racist mathematics teacher educator?

April 5th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  41 mins 3 secs

anti-racist, antiracist, mathematics teacher educators

Learning to teach math teachers better as we extend the conversation around Sandra Crespo's Judith Jacobs Lecture, "What does it mean and what will it take to be an anti-racist mathematics teacher educator?" at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators' Annual Conference in February of 2022.

Episode 60: Ann Wheeler and Babette Benken: Sharing Good Teaching through Publications

March 23rd, 2022  |  Season 3  |  48 mins 40 secs

publications, writing

Learning to teach math teachers better by learning how to share good teaching of mathematics teachers through publications with Babette Benken, AMTE Vice President of Publications, and Ann Wheeler, AMTE Associate Vice President for the Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE-Math) Journal.

Episode 59: Marilyn Strutchens: Providing a Vision for Quality Clinical Experiences

March 8th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  47 mins 39 secs

clinical experience, field experience, student teaching

Learning to teaching math teachers better with Dr. Marilyn Strutchens, former president of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, as she shares her path from the fashion world to being a mathematics teacher educator. She shares advice, experiences, and her work with the Mathematics Teacher Education Partnership specifically in the area of clinical experiences.

Episode 58: Tim Hendrix: Leadership and Service - Who is going to be the next you?

February 22nd, 2022  |  Season 3  |  55 mins 3 secs

service

Learning to teach math teachers better as we 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 February.

Episode 57: Colleen Eddy and Travis Olson - Maximizing your AMTE 2022 Conference Experience

January 26th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  38 mins 51 secs

amte conference

The Association of Mathematics Teacher Education's 26th Annual Conference is just around the corner. Join us as we talk with Colleen Eddy and Travis Olson, about the upcoming event.

Episode 56: The Transition Years: Supporting the Work

December 15th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  53 mins 29 secs

dana center, launch years, transition years

Learning to teach math teachers better through an episode of The Transition Years.

The Transition Years focuses on the complexity and importance of the transition years, the last two years of high school and the first two years of postsecondary education, on the mathematics experiences of students. Listen in as Joel Amidon, Dr. John Staley, and mathematics education leaders share and interact around how their respective organizations are supporting the work around the transition years that has been coordinated by the Launch Years Initiative/Launch Years Mathematics Organizations Leadership Network.