Looking to Our Future: Recruiting and Preparing the Next Generation of
Mathematics Teachers
Mathematicians and Mathematics Departments face the critical challenge of
preparing the next generation of teachers of mathematics at the K-12 level.
These sessions will illustrate ways this challenge is being met.
a) The first session will address the role that Mathematics Departments at
two-year colleges play in the initial recruitment and preparation of future
teachers of mathematics. With their emphasis on teaching and ties to common
education, departments at two-year colleges provide a unique atmosphere for
attracting potential teachers to the subject matter as well as acting as a
laboratory for modeling effective teaching techniques.
b) The second session will address the role played by Mathematics
Departments at four-year colleges and Universities in the mathematical
preparation of future teachers of mathematics. Mathematics Departments
provide opportunities for a content rich atmosphere across a wide range of
mathematics courses, reflective seminars, peer teaching programs and early
field experiences particularly valuable for future teachers.
Papers that discuss effective collaborations across mathematics courses,
departments and institutions will be given special consideration, as will
papers that address issues of preparation of middle grades teachers,
programs for elementary mathematics specialists, and recruitment and
retention of underrepresented minorities to teaching mathematics. Specific
details about programs and courses, with handouts, are strongly encouraged.
Friday and Saturday mornings
Jay A. Malmstrom (*)
Department of Mathematics
Oklahoma City Community College
7777 S May Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73159-4444
phone: 405.682.1611, X 7365
fax: 405.682.7585
e-mail: malmstrm@qns.com
Marjorie Enneking, Oregon Collaborative for Excellence in Preparation of
Teachers
Gary Britton, University of Wisconsin Washington County
Mary Robinson, University of New Mexico
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