STEM Ed Announcement: Mathematics Education Course

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This is not a STEM Ed Program.
 Contact information is below.
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 Mathematics Education Course
 
 If you are a mathematics teacher, administrator, or other educational
 stakeholder interested in issues in and around mathematics curriculum,
 you may be particularly interested in a new course being offered at
 UMass: EDUC 790A Mathematics Curriculum Issues and Trends. If you
 would like to develop an informed perspective on the "Math Wars," this
 may be just the course for you.
 
 The course meets on Tuesdays from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m. in Furcolo 22,
 beginning Sept. 7, 2010. This is a doctoral-level course that is also
 being offered to masters students and others with instructor
 permission. Contact Dr. Sandra Madden at smadden@educ.umass.edu for
 more information. See below for some course information.
 Course Description
 
 This course is designed to help students develop a solid understanding
 of school mathematics curriculum from an historical perspective.
 Assigned readings, class discussion, projects, and individual research
 will enable students to become familiar with the key issues and forces
 that have influenced mathematics curriculum change from about 1890 to
 2010 and to become knowledgeable of the major reports, conferences,
 and curriculum development efforts that have provided and continue to
 provide direction for and trends in school mathematics.
 
 Much of the course will revolve around four different forms of the
 curriculum: an ideal curriculum as recommended in professional reports
 or specified by national or state standards; an intended curriculum as
 reflected in instructional materials; an enacted curriculum as
 actually taught; and an attained curriculum as indicated by student
 performance on classroom assessments, district-based tests, and
 standardized assessments. This course will focus primarily on the
 ideal and intended curriculum during significant periods of
 mathematics curriculum history.
 
 Course Objectives
 
 Students completing this course will
 
 Understand major issues and forces impacting the evolution
 of mathematics curriculum in the United States beginning in 1890 and
 continuing through present time
 
 Appreciate the necessity and significance of national
 conferences and reports on influencing the opportunities students have
 to learn mathematics
 
 Analyze mathematics curriculum documents from various time
 periods looking for emergent social and political signals
 
 Develop a strong sense of important characters and
 organizations in the evolution of mathematics education and curriculum
 development
 
 Develop awareness of the complexities of mathematics
 curriculum design, implementation, and evaluation
 
 Investigate the impacts of mathematics curriculum
 decisions on teaching and learning mathematics
 
 
 Sandra Madden, Ph.D.
 Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
 Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies
 University of Massachusetts--Amherst
 813 North Pleasant Street
 Amherst, MA 01003-9308
 email:  smadden@educ.umass.edu
 phone: (413) 545-0135
 fax: (413) 545-2879
 
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