Preparing Pre-service Teachers to Present at a State Conference

As mathematics teacher educators, we have a responsibility to prepare as many people as we can, to teach mathematics in ways that foster a deeper understanding of the content. We do this by teaching current and future teachers in college programs and providing professional development to in-service...

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Main Author: Heidi Eisenreich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georgia Southern University 2019-01-01
Series:Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gamte-proceedings/vol13/iss1/5
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description As mathematics teacher educators, we have a responsibility to prepare as many people as we can, to teach mathematics in ways that foster a deeper understanding of the content. We do this by teaching current and future teachers in college programs and providing professional development to in-service teachers. A less explored way is to prepare these “students” to present ideas they have learned to colleagues at their school, other schools in their district, and conferences. In this paper, I share my experience of helping students go through the process of preparing to present over the last two years at our state K-12 mathematics conference and include some of their reflections through this process.
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spelling doaj.art-1a82306a9e2940548b44d75e2fa2bdbd2022-12-22T00:36:40ZengGeorgia Southern UniversityProceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators2692-77212019-01-0113110.20429/gamte.2019.130105Preparing Pre-service Teachers to Present at a State ConferenceHeidi EisenreichAs mathematics teacher educators, we have a responsibility to prepare as many people as we can, to teach mathematics in ways that foster a deeper understanding of the content. We do this by teaching current and future teachers in college programs and providing professional development to in-service teachers. A less explored way is to prepare these “students” to present ideas they have learned to colleagues at their school, other schools in their district, and conferences. In this paper, I share my experience of helping students go through the process of preparing to present over the last two years at our state K-12 mathematics conference and include some of their reflections through this process.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gamte-proceedings/vol13/iss1/5
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