Mathematics Education: A Spectrum of Work in Mathematical Sciences Departments
Jacqueline Dewar · Pao-sheng Hsu · Harriet Pollatsek
Nov 2016 · Association for Women in Mathematics Series Book 7 · Springer
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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 author
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.
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.
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