A welcome message from the Teacher Preparation ANet!
Amid all the recent changes in community college mathematics—emphasizing pathways and completion, quantitative reasoning, creating equitable and inclusive classrooms, emphasizing data and statistics, integrating artificial intelligence in the teaching of mathematics—one movement has stayed constant throughout: the importance of engaging students in active and meaningful learning. The Five Practices (Smith & Stein, 2018), The Formative Five (Fennell et al., 2017), Principles to Actions (NCTM, 2014), Building Thinking Classrooms (Liljedahl, 2020)—these are just some examples of how teaching practices in K-12 have infiltrated post-secondary curriculum and instruction. Major mathematics education organizations have updated their standards in recent years to reflect this changing landscape. This network discusses topics that include teaching, learning, mathematical thinking (children, adolescents, and adults), conceptual growth, creativity, and assessment. If you are interested in the enormous responsibility of “teaching teachers”, then we have something for you.
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