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Habits of Mind for Mathematics Teachers

Habits of Mind for Mathematics Teachers [High School Teachers] Martha Siegel Towson University, MD What is Mathematics?

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Habits of Mind for Mathematics Teachers

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  1. Habits of Mind for Mathematics Teachers [High School Teachers] Martha Siegel Towson University, MD

  2. What is Mathematics? Our graduates should understand the central role of mathematics in intellectual history: in science and technology, in commerce, in philosophy, in architecture and engineering, in medicine, agriculture, etc. Our graduates should see mathematics as a vibrant and developing field full of new discoveries and applications.

  3. What is Mathematics? Graduates should understand the structure of mathematics: axioms, theorems, proof. Graduates should understand abstraction, generalization, and the processes used in “doing” mathematics. Graduates should be aware of the many ways of representation – numerical, algebraic, geometric, analytical.

  4. What is Mathematics? • Our graduates should know basic logic – the nature of direct proof, indirect proof, proof by contradiction, counterexamples. • Our graduates should have some feel for the differences in discrete and continuous mathematics. • Our graduates should understand the proper role of technology in the classroom.

  5. College-level Mathematics and the High School Curriculum • Graduates should be able to relate topics in the high school curriculum to their college-level mathematical background and vice-versa. • Graduates should be well-informed of career opportunities and paths for mathematics graduates at the Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral levels.

  6. What’s a Mathematics Teacher? • Our graduates should think of themselves as professionals by being - • aware of professional resources to help them develop new methods and materials, • active in local professional organizations, • able to develop their own materials and resources, • actively involved in their own learning.

  7. And above all…… • Teachers should LOVE the subject they teach so they communicate to students the joy of mathematics. • Teachers should LOVE mathematical puzzles, challenges, and problem solving. • Teachers should LOVE teaching!!!!

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