Preparing the Next Generation of Secondary Mathematics (and Science) Teachers: How Pedagogy Emerges from Learning Mathematics (and Science)

April 17-18, 2009

Hosted by the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

UCSD is hosting a two-day conference to bring together educators who are committed to preparing the next generation of math and science teachers. The conference will be held on the UCSD campus in April to coincide with the end of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in San Diego. UCSD's conference is intended for mathematicians and scientists and math and science educators who are involved in or interested in teacher education.

The conference will be held in the First Floor Auditorium of the Natural Sciences Building at UCSD.

The main focus of this conference is the ways in which effective pedagogy emerges from a deep exploration of math and science content, especially the analysis of solution approaches to math and science problems. Various speakers will discuss how the development of math and science pedagogy is inextricably tied to the development of the teachers' mathematical and scientific knowledge.

In this second year of the conference, we would like to provide additional opportunities for Cal Teach programs at our sister campuses and related programs at other institutions to present examples that illustrate the content-pedagogy link. We will also have break-out sessions to explore emerging themes and issues.

Featured speakers include:

William McCallum, University of Arizona

Kristina Reiss, University of Munich

Carl Lager, University of California, Santa Barbara

Guershon Harel, University of California, San Diego

This conference is supported by a FIPSE grant and the UCSD Division of Physical Sciences.

Hotels offering UCSD special rates are below. You should phone the hotel and request the UCSD rate. Not all hotels offer the reduced rate on their web site.

HOTELS
Del Mar Inn $79/night, $99 Fri and Sat
La Jolla Cove Suites 25% off room rate
Residence Inn $159/night
Sheraton $159 - $179/night
La Jolla Shores Hotel -
Hotel La Jolla $149/night

There are limited funds to cover some travel expenses for those who want to attend the conference. One can put in an application for such funds below. We will try to accommodate your requests as funds permit.

Preparing the Next Generation of Secondary
Mathematics (and Science) Teachers: How Pedagogy
Emerges from Learning Mathematics (and Science)
Day 1 (Friday, April 17, 2009)
9:30-10:15 Registration - Coffee and Pastries
10:15-10:25 Introduction
10:25-11:15 William McCallum, University of Arizona
The Archeology of High School Mathematics
11:20-11:50 Bradley Hyman, University of California, Riverside
Partisan Politics of Introductory Genetics
11:55-1:15 Lunch (no host)
1:15-1:35 Mary-Betty Stevenson, University of California, Davis
TITLE
1:40-2:30 Kristina Reiss, University of Munich
Mathematics Meets Mathematics Education: The Case of Proof as a Challenge for Teacher Education
2:35-2:45 Break
2:45-3:35 Carl Lager, University of California, Santa Barbara
Preparing Mathematics Teachers of English Learners
3:40-4:00 Jose Luis Ramirez, University of California, Irvine
Engaging Undergraduates in Non-Traditional Educational Settings
4:05-4:35 Jeff Remmel, University of California, San Diego
Creating a Course for Pre-Service Teachers that Develops Pedagogy Out of Learning Content
 
Day 2 (Saturday, April 18, 2009)
8:30-9:00 Coffee and Pastries
9:00-9:50 Guershon Harel, University of California, San Diego
A Review of Four High-School Mathematics Programs
9:55-10:45 Jeff Rabin and Laura Stevens, University of California, San Diego
Doing Better: Meaning and Justification in Professional Development
10:50-11:05 Heather Calahan and Bruce Rothschild, University of California, Los Angeles
TITLE
11:10-11:40 John Czworkowski, University of California, San Diego
Foundations of Teaching and Learning Science
11:45-1:00 Lunch (no host)
1:00-1:15 Sue Campbell, University of California, Merced
From Lecture to Inquiry in the Classroom
1:20-1:40 Xiaoxia Newton, University of California, Berkeley
Cal Teach Berkeley Program: Conceptual and Methodological Explorations
1:45-2:05 Trish Stoddart and Gretchen Andreasen, University of California, Santa Cruz
Cal Teach and a Science/Math Teacher Research Institute
2:10-3:15 Synthesis and Emerging Themes, Alfred Manaster, University of California, San Diego
Group Discussion, Led by Patrick Callahan, UC Office of the President

FIPSE Conference Registration is now CLOSED.