Course Description
Issues identified from the student teaching experience in mathematics with consideration of various avenues for professional development.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will engage in additional, more in-depth
community studies of the setting in which they are student
teaching, will prepare additional critiques of video of
themselves teaching, and will study multiple individual students
of varying backgrounds. Their written work is expected to
conform to higher standards of analysis and will be graded
using a more stringent scale.
Athena Title
Professional Sem in Teach Math
Undergraduate Prerequisite
EMAT 4900/6900 and EMAT 4900L/6900L and EMAT 4910/6910
Graduate Prerequisite
EMAT 4900/6900 and EMAT 4900L/6900L and EMAT 4910/6910
Undergraduate Corequisite
EMAT 5460/7460 or EMAT 5460H or EMAT 5700
Graduate Corequisite
EMAT 5460/7460 or EMAT 7700
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
During this course, students will * Reflect on the student teaching experience * Share teaching strategies * Visit a variety of schools (urban, suburban, and rural) and compare and contrast unique aspects of each setting * Re-visit topics from prior courses from an advanced perspective, e.g. assessment, motivation, management, cultural diversity, teacher expectations * Discuss the transition into being a professional, from strategies for securing a job to investigating what it means to be a professional * Examine case materials in order to enable students to assess teaching (others' and their own)
Topical Outline
Issues identified from the student teaching experience in mathematics with consideration of various avenues for professional development.
Syllabus