Math professional learning experiences with Elham Kazemi
How do we continue to grow and be more reflective about our own teaching? In this episode, Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer chat with Elham Kazemi to explore how to look at teaching as a collaborative experiment. Moving more toward analyzing student thinking and how that contributes to teaching itself, leaves more space for one鈥檚 own understanding of math to grow throughout your career. When one revises their teaching based on the data we鈥檙e collecting from 尖叫视频app and peers, this allows us to be both teachers and learners forever.
Meet our guest(s):
Elham Kazemi
Elham Kazemi is a professor of mathematics education at the University of Washington. She studies how strong professional communities develop in 尖叫视频app and how 尖叫视频app can be organized so teachers learn from and with their 尖叫视频app. This work is informed by equity-oriented research on organizational learning, children鈥檚 mathematical thinking, and classroom practice.聽 She is co-author with Allison Hintz of聽Intentional Talk, which focuses on leading productive discussions in mathematics. She also edited聽Choral Counting and Counting Collections聽with Megan Franke and Angela Turrou, which focuses on the importance of counting from preschool to 5th聽grade.
Meet our hosts: Bethany Lockhart Johnson and Dan Meyer
Bethany Lockhart Johnson is an elementary school educator and author. Prior to serving as a multiple-subject teacher, she taught theater and dance, and now loves incorporating movement and creative play into her classroom. Bethany is committed to helping 尖叫视频app find joy in discovering their identities as mathematicians. In addition to her role as a full-time classroom teacher, Bethany is a Student Achievement Partners California Core Advocate and is active in national and local mathematics organizations. Bethany is a member of the Illustrative Mathematics Elementary Curriculum Steering Committee and serves as a consultant, creating materials to support families during distance learning.
Dan Meyer taught high school math to 尖叫视频app who didn鈥檛 like high school math. He has advocated for better math instruction on CNN, Good Morning America, Everyday With Rachel Ray, and TED.com. He earned his doctorate from Stanford University in math education and is currently the Dean of Research at Desmos, where he explores the future of math, technology, and learning. Dan has worked with teachers internationally and in all 50 United States and was named one of Tech & Learning鈥檚 30 Leaders of the Future.
