Cases for Mathematics Teacher Educators

<p>A volume in The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) Professional Book Series</p><p>The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) in its 2015 position paper on Equity in Mathematics<br />Teacher Education provides a list of actions for mathematics teacher educators (MTE’s) to help them develop and implement equitable practices.<br />The position paper states it is critical that mathematics teacher educators: “Model equity?based pedagogy that emphasizes rich and rigorous<br />mathematics; elicit and build on children’s and young adults’ mathematical thinking; connect to P?12 students’ cultural/linguistic knowledge and<br />backgrounds as well as individual interests; facilitate mathematical discourse; minimize status issues by expanding broader participation and<br />engagement where varied mathematical strengths are valued; and promote positive mathematical identity and agency (p. 2)”.<br />Cases for Mathematics Teacher Educators: Facilitating Conversations about Inequities in Mathematics Classrooms provides an excellent resource to<br />start conversations describing the enactment of these actions. The book is organized into three main sections: (1) Conversations About Inequities in<br />Mathematics Methods Courses (2) Conversations About Inequities in Mathematics Content Courses and (3) Conversations about Inequities in<br />Graduate and Professional Development Contexts. Across these sections there are 19 cases and 57 corresponding commentaries focused on<br />dilemmas that arise when mathematics teacher educators foreground equity in their work. This book of cases provides a needed resource for MTEs<br />to engage prospective teachers practicing teachers and future teacher educators in discussions about inequities privilege and oppression in<br />society in schools and in the mathematics classroom. It is the product of the thinking and experiences<br />of 87 authors who are committed to the improvement of mathematics teacher education.</p>