Joel Amidon

Episode 52: Thierry Elin-Saintine: Exploring Academic Identity as a Sense of Belonging

October 13th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  36 mins 49 secs

Learning to teach math teachers better with author and mathematics educator, Dr. Theirry Elin-Saintine as we discuss his experiences as an educator and his book, Racial Inequality in Mathematics Education: Exploring Academic Identity as a Sense of Belonging.

Episode 51: W. Gary Martin: Getting the Facts Out on Math Teacher Recruitment

September 30th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  36 mins 40 secs

Learning to teach math teachers better as Dr. W. Gary Martin shares his experiences and advice on being a mathematics teacher educator and his work with Get the Facts Out, a partnership between four national societies to change the conversation around STEM teacher recruitment.

Episode 50: The Transition Years: A Discussion with Dr. John Staley

August 27th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  38 mins 53 secs

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

The Transition Years podcast 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 and Dr. John Staley provide an overview of the transition years, key topics and issues to consider around the transition years, and to preview upcoming programming aimed to equip mathematics education leaders to be local change agents to improve the mathematics experiences and outcomes for all students.

The Transition Years is brought to you by the Launch Years Mathematics Organizations Leadership Network, which is part of the Launch Years Initiative at The University of Texas at Austin – Charles A. Dana Center and is an Amidon Planet Production.

Episode 49: No Guilt Book Club - Teaching Math at a Distance: A Practical Guide to Rich Remote Instruction with Dr. Theresa Wills

June 30th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  48 mins 59 secs

Wrapping up the Teaching Math Teaching Podcast No Guilt Book Club - May 2021 Edition with a conversation about the book, Teaching Math at a Distance: A Practical Guide to Rich Remote Instruction with, the book's author, Dr. Theresa Wills.

Episode 48: Paola Sztajn and Dan Heck: Activating Math Talk

June 17th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  38 mins 18 secs

Paola Sztajn and Dan Heck discuss their book titled Activating Math Talk, 11 Purposeful Techniques for Your Elementary Students

Episode 47: Farshid Safi: Sense-Making and Adjusting

June 3rd, 2021  |  Season 2  |  31 mins 15 secs

Farshid Safi shares how learning experiences and life experiences should be connected. We are all influenced by our life experiences where we are engaged in sense-making, exploration, adjusting, and working with other people towards a goal. These life experiences can inform, and be the setting for, learning experiences in mathematics.

Episode 46: Dr. Dorothy Y. White: ADVOCACY in Mathematics Teacher Education

May 20th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  42 mins 58 secs

Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Dorothy Y. White we extend the conversation around Dorothy's talk she gave in receiving the Karen D. King Excellence in Advocacy Award at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference in February.

Episode 44: Kyle Whipple: LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Mathematics Education

April 28th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  25 mins 30 secs

Kyle discusses various forms of LGTBQ+ inclusion in mathematics education.

Episode 43: Marta Civil: What Does it Mean to be a Mathematics Teacher Educator?

April 15th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  39 mins 6 secs

Learning to teach math teachers better as we extend the conversation around Marta's Judith Jacobs Lecture at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference in February.

Episode 42: Megan Burton: We're All Learning on this Journey

March 18th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  31 mins 44 secs

Megan Burton has good advice for those wishing to influence the future of mathematics teacher education. She shares her story of how she came to be a mathematics teacher educator, and later the president of AMTE.

Episode 41: Reimagining Mathematics Teacher Education with Dr. Naomi Jessup and Dr. Sandra Crespo

March 10th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  47 mins 25 secs

Wrapping up the AMTE Annual Conference Opening Panel Discussion, titled "2020. Perfect Vision? Perfect Hindsight? Are We Ready to Reimagine Mathematics Teacher Education?" with Dr. Naomi Jessup, Dr. Sandra Crespo, and Dr. Joel Amidon.

Episode 40: Theresa Wills: Teaching Math At a Distance

March 3rd, 2021  |  Season 2  |  31 mins 45 secs

Theresa shares ideas and resources for online synchronous teaching. https://www.theresawills.com/

Episode 39: No Guilt Book Club - Reimagining the Mathematics Classroom Creating and Sustaining Productive Learning Environments with Cathery Yeh, Mark W. Ellis, and Carolee Koehn Hurtado

February 10th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  35 mins 37 secs

Wrapping up the Teaching Math Teaching Podcast No Guilt Book Club with a conversation about the book Reimagining the Mathematics Classroom Creating and Sustaining Productive Learning Environments with the book's authors, Cathery Yeh, Mark W. Ellis, and Carolee Koehn Hurtado.

Episode 38: How to Attend a (Virtual) Conference

January 27th, 2021  |  Season 2  |  38 mins 26 secs

Learning how to teach math teachers better by discussing how to attend a (virtual) conference. The co-hosts of the podcast Eva Thanheiser, Dusty Jones, and Joel Amidon share their ideas about how to attend the 25th Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators.

Episode 37: Marrielle Myers: Supporting Preservice Teachers of Color

December 10th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  35 mins 35 secs

mathematics teacher education, preservice teachers, teachers of color

Marrielle Myers shares her story of becoming a mathematics teacher educator, and how she has worked to support preservice teachers of color. She offers advice that can help individuals in many roles as they work toward more equitable practices.

Episode 36: Colleen Eddy, Rick Hudson, and Michael Steele - AMTE 2021 Virtual Conference

December 3rd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  57 mins 54 secs

Learning how to teach math teachers better by discussing the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE), getting a picture of what this year's AMTE annual conference (Thursday - Saturday, Feb 11-13, 2021 and Thursday - Saturday, February 18-20, 2021 ) will look like this year as a virtual event, and sharing why listeners to this podcast should attend.