The Center for Math Education is hosting Dr. Jonee Wilson, an assistant professor of mathematics education in the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences at North Carolina State University, to give a talk titled “Equitable Instruction” and “Rehumanizing Math”: What does all of this actually look like in practice?
The talk will be held virtually on Zoom (link), passcode: math. We look forward to having you join us! Please share this information with your networks.
Abstract:
Mathematics education researchers have made progress towards generating guidelines for supporting improvements in the learning opportunities made available to marginalized and minoritized students. Though as a field we are growing in our knowledge of how to better serve these students and in our articulation of what mathematics educators should be striving towards (i.e. rehumanizing mathematics and designing mathematics learning environments that aim for equity), practicing educators continue to ask “What does all of this actually look like in practice?”. In addition, this knowledge has not yet been reflected in many of the observational tools, rubrics, and protocols used to study mathematics classrooms. In this talk, I share from my ongoing work in identifying and decomposing specific practices as a means to support teachers in their attempts to rehumanize mathematics and design mathematics classrooms that aim for equity. I describe work from my current research project where I am collaborating with others in developing rubrics that attend to the specific practices that I have outlined in previous work. I also discuss a new collaborative project in which I am working with colleagues to support mathematics instructional coaches as they work with teachers to develop these practices.