Teacher Education Group in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Georgia

 

This group of faculty is especially interested in the mathematical education of teachers. The members of this group have been active in teaching, designing, improving, and studying the effectiveness of courses that are either expressly for prospective teachers, or are taken by many prospective teachers. In these initiatives, mathematics faculty collaborate with faculty in the College of Education, and particularly the Department of Mathematics and Science Education.

 

FACULTY

 

Current faculty:

 

                  Malcolm Adams

 

                  Ed Azoff

 

                  Sybilla Beckmann

 

                  Cal Burgoyne

 

                  Michael Ching

 

                  Clint McCrory

 

                  Ted Shifrin

 

Retired faculty:

 

                  Elliot Gootman

 

                  Paul Wenston

 

 

 

COURSES

 

Courses for prospective elementary teachers: Our three courses, MATH 5001, 5002, and 5003, the two mathematics methods courses, EMAT 3400, 3410, which are taught in the Department of Mathematics and Science Education, and the mathematics courses students take to fulfill the core, form the mathematics program for prospective elementary teachers at UGA. The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) described this mathematics program as Òexemplary.Ó Links to: a news story the executive summary of the NCTQ report and course webpages and syllabi

 

Courses for prospective middle grades teachers: Prospective middle grades teachers whose first specialty is math take MATH 5020, 5030, 5035 and EMAT 5280, 5290, 5320.

 

Courses for prospective secondary teachers: The geometry courses, MATH 5200, 5210, are designed specifically for prospective high school teachers. Otherwise, prospective secondary teachers take courses for math majors, including Abstract Algebra, MATH 4000.