ThEMaT’s Summer Workshop for Teacher Educators.
This event will take place between July 24–27, 2007 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. If you are interested in applying for this workshop, please visit http://grip.umich.edu/ and fill out an application form no later than May 4th, 2007. Please also feel free to send this information to anyone you think might be interested to apply. For more information about this event please read the below summary.
ThEMaT’s Summer Workshop for Teacher Educators
ThEMaT (Thought Experiments in Mathematics Teaching) is an NSF-funded research project dedicated to the study of teaching in secondary algebra and geometry. As part of our work we have developed representations of teaching-these are classroom stories narrated by way of animations and graphic novel materials. The stories showcase how mathematical ideas come to exist in classroom interaction; the stories also make the work of teachers visible and promote conversations about practice. We envision making these materials available to a limited number of partners who might be willing to collaborate with us using them in courses for teachers: either mathematics classes for teachers or education classes for pre-service or in-service mathematics teachers. The purpose of this workshop is to preview and discuss activities and experiences we have created to use these stories as a context for the professional education and continued development of mathematics teachers. We are particularly interested in bringing to Ann Arbor a small group of experienced teacher educators who might be interested in beginning a user community.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at S07-themat@umich.edu. We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Pat Herbst, Dan Chazan, and the ThEMaT Teams at Michigan and Maryland
