Mathematics Education
A Spectrum of Work in Mathematical Sciences Departments
Editors: Dewar, Jacqueline, Hsu, Paosheng, Pollatsek, Harriet (Eds.)
Free Preview- Broadly examines work in mathematics education undertaken by members of departments of mathematical sciences
- Features more than 20 contributions, along with perspectives on the impacts on students across K-16, as well as on graduate teaching assistants, and on the careers of those doing the work
- Provides both faculty and administrative views of the value of undergraduate mathematics education
Buy this book
- About this book
-
Many in the mathematics community in the U.S. are involved in mathematics education in various capacities. This book highlights the breadth of the work in K-16 mathematics education done by members of US departments of mathematical sciences. It contains contributions by mathematicians and mathematics educators who do work in areas such as teacher education, quantitative literacy, informal education, writing and communication, social justice, outreach and mentoring, tactile learning, art and mathematics, ethnomathematics, scholarship of teaching and learning, and mathematics education research. Contributors describe their work, its impact, and how it is perceived and valued. In addition, there is a chapter, co-authored by two mathematicians who have become administrators, on the challenges of supporting, evaluating, and rewarding work in mathematics education in departments of mathematical sciences.
This book is intended to inform the readership of the breadth of the work and to encourage discussion of its value in the mathematical community. The writing is expository, not technical, and should be accessible and informative to a diverse audience. The primary readership includes all those in departments of mathematical sciences in two or four year colleges and universities, and their administrators, as well as graduate students. Researchers in education may also find topics of interest. Other potential readers include those doing work in mathematics education in schools of education, and teachers of secondary or middle school mathematics as well as those involved in their professional development.
- About the authors
-
Jacqueline M. Dewar is Professor Emerita of Mathematics at Loyola Marymount University. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Southern California. She received the Mathematical Association of America's Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics in 2006.
Pao-sheng Hsu is an independent mathematician and consultant. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Polytechnic University (previously the Polytechnic Institute of New York, now the New York University Tandon School of Engineering). She has served as a reviewer for zbMATH since 2002.
Harriet Pollatsek is Professor Emerita of Mathematics at Mount Holyoke College. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan. Her work has appeared in the journal Designs, Codes and Cryptography. - Reviews
-
“This volume consists of 25 thoughtful papers on mathematics education with the aim of reaching a wide audience. … There are five parts, each described as ‘benefitting’ a particular audience: readers of this book, pre-service and in-service teachers, STEM majors, students in general education courses, and the public and the larger mathematical community.” (Herbert E. Kasube, MAA Reviews, October, 2017)
- Table of contents (25 chapters)
-
-
Opening Lines: An Introduction to the Volume
Pages 3-10
-
Communication, Culture, and Work in Mathematics Education in Departments of Mathematical Sciences
Pages 11-26
-
Valuing and Supporting Work in Mathematics Education: An Administrative Perspective
Pages 27-39
-
Effects of a Capstone Course on Future Teachers (and the Instructor): How a SoTL Project Changed a Career
Pages 43-53
-
By Definition: An Examination of the Process of Defining in Mathematics
Pages 55-71
-
Table of contents (25 chapters)
Recommended for you
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
-
- Book Title
- Mathematics Education
- Book Subtitle
- A Spectrum of Work in Mathematical Sciences Departments
- Editors
-
- Jacqueline Dewar
- Paosheng Hsu
- Harriet Pollatsek
- Series Title
- Association for Women in Mathematics Series
- Series Volume
- 7
- Copyright
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-44950-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-44950-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-44949-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-83170-1
- Series ISSN
- 2364-5733
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 391
- Number of Illustrations
- 13 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
- Topics
*immediately available upon purchase as print book shipments may be delayed due to the COVID-19 crisis. ebook access is temporary and does not include ownership of the ebook. Only valid for books with an ebook version. Springer Reference Works are not included.
