You can hitch your wagon to the stars, but you can’t haul corn or hay in it if its wheels aren’t on the ground. Mordecai Pinkney Horton 1858 – 1934 Learning to teach better with Noah Amidon, as we discuss one of my favorite books, The Long Haul: an Autobiography Read more…
Learning to teach better through a rolling conversation with Dr. Erica Halverson, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Dr. Erica Litke, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Delaware, as we discuss their friendship, their roles as teachers and teacher educators, and the Read more…
This is a post to support the presentation, Let’em Teach! Small Group Teaching Toward Desired Practices, at the annual conference of the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics with my co-presenters, Jazmine Smith, Maddy Robbins, Evie Bledsoe, and Jamya Benson. Amidon, J., Robbins, M., Smith, J., Bledsoe, E., & Benson, Read more…
In the fall of 2023, we were asked to revisit a presentation that we gave in 2017 that addresses the productive struggle and shame in the mathematics classroom. The presentation starts with an overview of productive struggle incorporating research on the shame-pride axis and equitable mathematics teaching. Teacher-leaders will be Read more…
Learning to teach better with Kelsey Vosters as she shares a story of her development as a teacher on the Road to Better Teaching podcast. Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Links Shop the Amidon Planet Store (to get yourself a t-shirt, hoodie, or coffee cup) or the Amidon Read more…
In October of 2023, I gave a talk at the Annual Conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Washington, D.C. What follows is a description of that talk, a link to the handout for that talk, the slides supporting the talk, a citation for reference, and finally Read more…
Learning to teach better with Alex Crosby, Discipleship Pastor at The Orchard in Oxford, MS, as we discuss John Mark Comer’s book, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry. Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Links The Orchard Oxford in Oxford, MS
Learning to teach better by considering what it means to teach toward antiracist mathematics teacher education. In this episode, Joel is joined by Dr. Anne Marie Marshall and Dr. Rebecca Smith as they share a recent publication in Mathematics Teacher Educator, Are We Preparing Agents of Change or Instruments of Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. Gary Williams as we discuss Charles Duhigg’s book, The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. Enjoy! Click here to subscribe via your favorite podcast provider. Links Shop the Amidon Planet Store (to get yourself a t-shirt, hoodie, or coffee Read more…
Learning to teach better with Dr. Dorothy White, Professor of Mathematics Education, from the University of Georgia, as we discuss our respective paths to becoming full professors at our institutions of higher learning. This all in an effort to consider our roles and responsibilities in supporting others in learning how Read more…