Professional Development in Teaching for Mathematics Graduate Students
Published: 2015
Publication Name: Notices of the American Mathematical Society
Publication URL: https://www.ams.org/notices/201506/rnoti-p638.pdf
Abstract:
The purpose of this article is twofold: to give a sense of the current lay of the land in the preparation of mathematics graduate student teaching assistants (TAs) and to describe the collegiate mathematics education research base informing the next generation of college mathematics instructor preparation. We anchor discussion in three common types of TA preparation programs, each represented in one of the quotes above. Notably, the first quote represents a sink or swim experience that is becoming rare in US PhD-granting mathematics departments. Preparation of TAs for their instructional roles has blossomed in the last twenty years. The second quote is representative of current practices in many departments. The third quote illustrates the activities in innovative departments that are already implementing best practices suggested by research in collegiate mathematics education: sustained professional growth about teaching and learning.
Deshler, J.M., Hauk, S. & Speer, N. (2015). Professional Development in Teaching for Mathematics Graduate Students. Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 62(6) (subsequently translated into Chinese by the Chinese Academy of Science in Advances in Translation, Issue 4, 2017). https://www.ams.org/notices/201506/rnoti-p638.pdf