Cases for Mathematics Teacher Educators

A volume in The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) Professional Book SeriesThe Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) in its 2015 position paper on Equity in MathematicsTeacher Education provides a list of actions for mathematics teacher educators (MTE's) to help them develop and implement equitable practices.The position paper states it is critical that mathematics teacher educators: Model equity-based pedagogy that emphasizes rich and rigorousmathematics; elicit and build on children's and young adults' mathematical thinking; connect to P-12 students' cultural/linguistic knowledge andbackgrounds as well as individual interests; facilitate mathematical discourse; minimize status issues by expanding broader participation andengagement where varied mathematical strengths are valued; and promote positive mathematical identity and agency (p. 2).Cases for Mathematics Teacher Educators: Facilitating Conversations about Inequities in Mathematics Classrooms provides an excellent resource tostart conversations describing the enactment of these actions. The book is organized into three main sections: (1) Conversations About Inequities inMathematics Methods Courses, (2) Conversations About Inequities in Mathematics Content Courses, and (3) Conversations about Inequities inGraduate and Professional Development Contexts. Across these sections there are 19 cases and 57 corresponding commentaries focused ondilemmas that arise when mathematics teacher educators foreground equity in their work. This book of cases provides a needed resource for MTEsto engage prospective teachers, practicing teachers, and future teacher educators in discussions about inequities, privilege, and oppression insociety, in schools, and in the mathematics classroom. It is the product of the thinking and experiencesof 87 authors who are committed to the improvement of mathematics teacher education.