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Bringing Joy to Uninspired Teachers of Math: Touchstone Strategies, Part 3: Author: Hal Melnick
No full textThe third in a three-part series, this resource describes and illustrates three of eight Touchstone Strategies for teacher educators to use in their work with mathematics teachers. The article explores how to inspire teachers to find the joy in mathematics so they can support their students to do the same. Through a variety of tools, techniques, and helpful hints, the eight touchstone strategies in the series illustrate what high quality mathematics instruction looks like and how teachers can reframe their own thinking about mathematics to create deeper learning opportunities for their students. This piece, Part 3, describes the three touchstone strategies: work a problem “to death,” non-dominant language, and concept teaching games
We’re All Human, So Why Does Equity Matter? Authors: Mary E. Pilgrim, Charles E. Wilkes II, Gabriela Hernandez, and Brinley Poulsen Stringer
No full textThere is a need for mathematics instructors in higher education to have more equitable teaching practices. One way to address this need is through equity-centered professional development (PD). Using interviews across one year of professional development (PD), we describe how three immigrant mathematics instructors grapple with incorporating equity in their teaching practice using Gutiérrez (2009) four dimensions of equity. We found that the instructors focused primarily on awareness and access with respect to equity but did not understand how to infuse equity in their practice. We also found that three themes, the discipline of mathematics, all students are human, and the identities of the instructors and beliefs seem to serve as barriers for instructors’ implementation of equitable practices. Future research might consider how PD could be informed to account for the themes found in this study
