«As a MAT student, I was impressed by the dedication of
the math education faculty at BU.
Not exact matches
For this reason I have realized this: a chimpanzee does not understand
math (regardless of how many hours I spent trying to teach them this) because of it's anatomy, yet I do understand
math because of my anatomy (and
education of course), I as a mere mortal (unlike yourself) know that my
faculties must be somehow limited and that there are concepts that no matter how much I try to use my retarded brain I will never understand them because I don't have the god lobe in the ole brain like you do, none the less I keep on thinkin» in a finite fashion hoping that my future children might have a little more range than I since they too will be a «tarded snapshot in a timeline of cognitive evolution.
«Asil's experiences as an English learner shaped her interest in the science and art behind literacy
education, even as a
math educator in an urban district,» says Senior Lecturer Pamela Mason,
faculty director of L&L.
She collaborated with two of her colleagues at Tulane Holly Bell, Coordinator for Assessment & Accreditation and an early childhood
education faculty member, and James Kilbane, a professor for secondary
education in
math and science in responding to several questions on how university - based teacher preparation programs in general, and Tulane in particular, are preparing educators to teach in the age of the Common Core.
An educational psychologist and an expert in
math education, Star joined the HGSE
faculty in 2007.
Another expert with great advice for teaching
math and improving achievement is Margaret (Peg) Smith, emeritus
faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, author / coauthor of more than 75 books and articles, and all - around living legend in
math education.
Two Federal Hocking (OH) Middle School teachers — Robin Hawk, an eighth - grade social studies teacher who led the team, and Tessa Molina, a seventh - grade
math teacher — took part in the Inclusion, Equity, and Opportunity Teacher Leadership Summit December 2 - 4, along with Patton College
faculty Bill Elasky, instructor of teacher
education and a board of
education member at Federal Hocking Local Schools; Mathew Felton, assistant professor of teacher
education; and Lisa Harrison, associate professor of teacher
education.
In partnership with the state's Council on Postsecondary
Education, the
Education Professional Standards Board, the Kentucky Center for Mathematics, and others, KACTE helped develop regional workshops and online training to prepare
faculty for this work, first in
math and literacy and later adding content from the Next Generation Science Standards.
This statewide summit brought together K - 12 and higher
education administrators,
math faculty, and teacher preparation
faculty to gain a clearer understanding of best practices in
math instruction for students transitioning from elementary to middle school, middle school to high school, high school to gateway courses in higher
education, and success in higher
education programs.
UIC College of
Education faculty working with three CPS schools in Network 10 that have early childhood programs in their buildings guiding and studying a process designed to build
math leadership teams in each school in order to strengthen the school's teacher learning organization, and mathematics instructional practices.
Center
faculty affiliates Shelby Cosner and David Mayrowetz are working with UIC College of
Education faculty and graduate students to strengthen
math instructional practices in Chicago Public Schools» Network 10.
Traditionally,
education colleges have trained
math and science teachers, in contrast to the partnership between the
math, science and
education faculties in the UTeach program.
This year the four member teacher team, science,
math, english, and special
education, will function as leaders in their school as they engage the entire 6th grade
faculty in these investigations.