Math Education Colloquium: Roger Howe

Date and Time:  February 26 (Thursday), 2015. Time TBA

Place: TBA

Speaker: Roger Howe, Yale University

Title: Standards-based teacher preparation  

Abstract: In the past, even the best teacher preparation in elementary mathematics have been somewhat haphazard, with mathematical content being taught by mathematics departments, and methods of teaching taught by education  departments, with relatively little coordination or connection to the classroom. In fact, given the chaotic and rather haphazard structure of the US mathematics curriculum, perhaps it was not possible to do otherwise. However, with the advent of carefully constructed and widely accepted sets of standards for mathematics learning, it should be possible to improve on previous practice. This talk will attempt to sketch some of the ingredients and principles for such improvement.

Faculty Hosts: Gary Martin and Marilyn Strutchen