MSU Math Ed Presents Virtually at 25th AMTE Annual Meeting
Several members of the MSU Mathematics Education community are presenting at the 25th Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE). The conference is taking place virtually during two Thursday through Saturday sessions:
February 11-13 and February 18-20.
MSU faculty and graduate students presenting this year include Tonya Bartell, Kristen Bieda, Gail Burrill, Sandra Crespo, Corey Drake, Brent Jackson, Rileigh Luczak, and Sheila Orr.
The first-ever virtual conference includes a number of features that honor AMTE’s legacy at their 25th conference this year, including virtual rooms named for past AMTE Presidents. With 173 sessions and 442 speakers on this year’s program, the Annual Conference will feature more first-time and early-career attendees than ever before.
In addition, Samuel Otten, 2012 graduate of the MSU Math Ed Doctoral Program and currently
an Associate Professor at the University of Missouri, received the Nadine Bezuk Excellence
in Leadership and Service Award. The Nadine Bezuk Excellence in Leadership and Service
Award is intended to recognize a colleague for a unique contribution in service that
has made a significant and lasting contribution to mathematics teacher education,
directly and indirectly.
For more information about the AMTE conference running this week and next, please see the conference program. MSU presentations are listed below.
MSU Presentations:
Thursday, Feb 11
8:00 am
Poster Session
P01. Ally Identities in Mathematics Teacher Professional Development
Brent Jackson, Michigan State University
Tonya Bartell, Michigan State University
Mary Q. Foote, Queens College, CUNY
We examine two teachers’ identities as allies to students of color within a professional development designed to engage mathematics teachers in understanding their positionalities within systems of oppression. We analyze the activities and contexts that prompted statements of ally identity.
6-8 pm Opening Session – Silver Auditorium
2020. PERFECT VISION? PERFECT HINDSIGHT? ARE WE READY TO REIMAGINE MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION?
Naomi Jessup, Georgia State University
Joel Amidon, University of Mississippi
Sandra Crespo, Michigan State University
Moderator: Marrielle Myers, Kennesaw State University
Friday, Feb 12
1:30-2:30 pm
Session 29. Sid Rachlin Room
Practice-Based Experiences for Prospective Teachers
Individual Session
Understanding Preservice Teachers’ Attention to Professional Obligations Through Management of Classroom Dilemmas
Rileigh Luczak, Michigan State University
Sheila Orr, Michigan State University
Michelle Cirillo, University of Delaware
We analyzed how preservice teachers attended to the four obligations of a mathematics teacher (Herbst & Chazen, 2012) in early field experiences and invite participants to think about strategies to help preservice teachers manage the multiple, often competing, obligations of teaching.
Saturday, Feb 13
12:15-1:15 pm
Session 61 Jenny Bay-Williams Room
Equity, Social Justice, and Mathematics Teacher Education
Discussion Session
A Professional Development Conundrum: When Addressing Race & Power is Antithetical to Caring
Tonya Bartell, Michigan State University
Mary Q. Foote, Queens College, CUNY
We examine one teacher’s nuanced response to equity-focused PD through a lens of the tension between caring and caring with awareness. The teacher strove to serve all students yet was perceived by facilitators as resistant to PD aims.
Friday, Feb 19
12:15-1:15 pm
Session 108 Fran Arbaugh Room
Practice-Based Experiences for Prospective Teachers
Individual Session
The UTE Model for Early Field Experiences: Perspectives of Multiple Stakeholders
Fran Arbaugh, Pennsylvania State University
Michelle Cirillo, University of Delaware
Seonmi Do, Pennsylvania StateUniversity
Kristen Bieda, Michigan State University
The University Teaching Experience (UTE) is a novel model of early field experience for secondary mathematics preservice teachers. In this session, we present findings from a study of multiple stakeholders’ perspectives on their experiences with the model.
3-3:45 pm
Session 125 Judith Jacobs Room
Mathematics Pedagogy
Individual Session
Crossing the Divide: Elementary Mathematics Teachers' Opportunities to Learn During and After Teacher Preparation
Corey Drake, Michigan State University
Jillian M. Cavanna, University of Hartford
Teacher candidates have multiple opportunities to learn to teach mathematics across teacher preparation and novice teaching. In this session, we share patterns in sixteen novice teachers’ descriptions of the consistency and relevance of their opportunities during and beyond teacher preparation.
Saturday, Feb 20
11 am – 12 pm
Session 164 Judith Jacobs Room
Mathematics Content and Curriculum
Symposium
Building Capacity for Teaching Statistics: The Role of Simulation
Gail Burrill, Michigan State University
The Standards for Preparing Teachers of Mathematics call for a data-driven simulation-based approach to teaching statistics. Participants will engage in activities and discussion the potential of this approach in preparing teachers both to understand and to teach statistics.
