Critical Grace: A Necessary Component of Teaching Mathematics Methods as Agape

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During the 41st meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, my colleagues and I had the opportunity to share some ideas that we had around promoting awareness and agency around issues of equity and diversity in elementary mathematics methods courses. An idea we wanted to share though this opportunity is critical grace, which we are (currently defining) as “favor given, irrespective of merit, in promoting awareness and agency around issues of equity and diversity”.

Below is an image and a reference for the poster.

Amidon, J., Marshall, A. M., & Smith, R.(November, 2019). Grace in Learning: A Necessary Condition of Teaching Mathematics Methods as Agape. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. St. Louis, MO: Missouri University.