MSU Presenting at AMTE

Several Michigan State University mathematics education faculty and graduate students are attending and participating in the twenty-seventh annual conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) during the first week of February. The AMTE conference provides inclusive opportunities for a diverse community of mathematics educators to share current research and practice findings. AMTE is the largest professional organization devoted to the improvement of mathematics teacher education.

Those participating are Tonya Bartell, Kristen Bieda, Gail Burrill, Alden Edson, Taren Going, Rileigh Luczak, Sheila Orr, Elizabeth Phillips, and Yvonne Slanger-Grant. These individuals will be traveling to New Orleans, Louisiana to attend and present at the conference on February 2-4. While there, they will be able to meet and share ideas with fellow mathematics educators. 

Tonya Bartell shared, “I am presenting with colleagues in a session titled Social Justice Mathematics in Early Childhood through Middle School Methods Courses. In this session, we will discuss three new resources to support understanding and addressing social (in)justice in mathematics teacher education courses at the PreK-2, 3-5, and 6-8 grade levels, respectively. These resources include foundational ideas about teaching mathematics for social justice; the roles context, content, who, what and when play in TMSJ; a rich body of lessons for each grade band, and resources to support educators new and experienced with this kind of teaching." 

She continued, "We will share our praxis of engaging in social justice mathematics lessons from these resources with our teacher candidates in our respective methods and content courses, and then participants will be invited to engage in dialogue on where they are and where they hope to go with respect to integrating social justice mathematics in their own teacher education course contexts.” This session will take place Thursday, February 2^nd at 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm in Astor Ballroom I.

Sheila Orr commented, “I am presenting with Rileigh Luczak and Kristen Bieda on work from the UTEMPT project. The goal of this work is to consider the ways MTEs can support PSTs in early field experiences by helping them to recognize when and how moments of uncertainty in teaching arise.” She added, “However, knowing what constitutes a moment of uncertainty for a PST while teaching requires further investigation. This work examines the potential mismatches between instructional dilemmas identified by MTEs and PSTs. Implications for this work includes the ways MTEs support PSTs in moments of uncertainty.”

Sheila Orr, Rileigh Luczak, and Kristen Bieda will be presenting this project work on Friday, February 3^rd at 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm in Grand Ballroom A. The title of their session is Potential Mismatch: Exploring Instructional Dilemmas Identified by Perspective Teachers and Mathematics Teacher Educators. 

Alden "AJ" Edson shared some remarks about the presentation that he will be giving with fellow colleagues from the Connected Mathematics Project. He expressed, “This session focuses on the enactment of how redesigned mathematics problems can promote both equity and mathematics. We highlight the affordances in terms of teaching and learning of mathematics, and how the tasks can be used in professional learning settings.”

This session, The Redesign of Mathematics Problems: A Powerful Context for Students and Teachers, will take place on Thursday, February 2^nd at 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm in the Astor Ballroom I.

The schedule for all of the Michigan State University presentations at the AMTE conference appears below.

Written by

Liz Havey

MSU Presentations

Thursday, February 2

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm, Session 28, Astor Ballroom I

The Redesign of Mathematics Problems: A Powerful Context for Students and Teachers

Alden Edson, Taren Going, Elizabeth Philips, and Yvonne Slanger-Grant, Michigan State University

 

4:30 pm – 5:45 pm, Session 57, Astor Ballroom I

Social Justice Mathematics in Early Childhood Through Middle School Methods Courses

Tonya Bartell, Michigan State University with others

 

Friday, February 3

3:45 pm – 4:45 pm, Session 146, Grand Ballroom A

Potential Mismatch: Exploring Instructional Dilemmas Identified by Perspective Teachers and Mathematics Teacher Educators

Kristen Bieda, Rileigh Luczak, and Sheila Orr, Michigan State University

 

3:45 pm – 4:45 pm, Session 154, Bienville

Building Capacity for Teaching with Real Data: Implications for the Preparation of Teachers

Gail Burrill, Michigan State University

 

Saturday, February 4

10:30 am – 11:30 pm, Session 195, Bienville

Exploring Secondary Mathematics Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions of Real Time Coaching

Kristen Bieda, Michigan State University with others

 

11:45 am – 12:30 pm, Session 202, Grand Ballroom A

Whiteness and Anti-Critical Race Theory Legislation: What is the Role of Mathematics Teachers Education

Sheila Orr, Michigan State University and Trevor Warburton, Utah Valley University