The North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, also known as PME-NA (#OleMissAtPME). Tomorrow I present my poster Teaching Mathematics as Agape: Articulating an ideal relationship between students and mathematics. I will be talking with those about what mathematics education can look like that Read more…
Today I woke up early to fly to Reno, NV. Like 4:30AM early. The North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, also known as PME-NA (#OleMissAtPME). I am presenting a poster on my dissertation study, which I titled Teaching Mathematics as Agape: Articulating an Read more…
The senior teacher candidates from the University of Mississippi School of Education went on a field trip to Birmingham, AL (#OleMissFieldTrip). Our first stop was a visit the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (@BCRI), Kelly Ingram Park (aka West Park), and the 16th Street Baptist Church. What was cool about this Read more…
What a great day! Had a chance to drive to Brandon, MS and participate in the fall conference of the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics. I observed Dr. Alice Steimle from the Center for Mathematics and Science Education at Ole Miss demonstrate several tasks that could be implemented in Read more…
I am excited for my first ever presentation at the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ fall conference. I will be presenting some of my findings from my dissertation where I examined my own practice trying to teach mathematics as agape. As a newcomer to the state of Mississippi, I Read more…
Had another great experience in Green Lake where the Wisconsin Mathematics Council holds its annual meeting. I had a chance to present some of my experience attempting to teach mathematics as agape, or unconditional love, during a session in the (early) morning. Then I got to interact with my pre-service Read more…
Tomorrow, I finally get to present, my work on teaching mathematics for social justice within a rural context at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans. The session (mentioned previously in this blog) is called “Off the Beaten Path: Social Justice Teaching in Uncommon Contexts” Read more…
Just got done putting the final touches on my poster for the Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) Graduate Student Seminar at AERA. I am excited to be done with that task, I am excited to share it with the other graduate students and faculty at the seminar, and I Read more…
After a tense afternoon, I finally made it to the University of Delaware. I am very excited to share my work with the faculty and students later this morning. Specifically, it will be the first time I have shared my dissertation study, (Teaching Mathematics as Agape) outside of the University Read more…
Just got word that I will be a part of a session at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in New Orleans. The session is called “Off the Beaten Path: Social Justice Teaching in Uncommon Contexts” and is made up of a collection of researchers investigating teaching Read more…