Teachers Empowered to Advance Change in Mathematics (TEACH MATH): Preparing preK-8 Teachers to Connect Children's Mathematical Thinking and Community-based Funds of Knowledge

这一研究和开发项目将修改位于美国不同地区的六所大学的K-8预科教师的教师培训计划。新计划旨在帮助职前教师学好数学，学会以帮助他们教授数学的方式获得学生的文化知识基金，并学会鼓励学生的数学思维。通过整合这些重要的知识体系，职前教师应该做好更好的准备，以便在课堂上向不同的学生教授数学。开发人员正在设计(A)可用于教师准备课程的模块，(B)针对新教师的指导计划，以及(C)促进参与的教师和机构之间的合作的在线网络。该项目包括一项关于职前教师如何学习应用他们在该计划中获得的知识的研究。研究团队计划纵向收集数据，跟踪职前教师的职业生涯。他们的目标是记录教师对儿童数学思维和儿童文化知识基金的理解，并了解教师理解与学前班学生的学习和性格之间的关系。这项研究将在所有六所大学实施，这些研究和开发工作将通过(1)开发整合数学教学中几个相关熟练程度的模块，以及(2)研究此类课程对K-8年级学生数学学习和性格的影响，从而对K-8年级前教师的准备工作产生影响。

This research and development project will modify the teacher preparation program for preK-8 teachers at six universities located in different regions of the U.S. The new program is designed to help pre-service teachers learn mathematics well, learn to access students' cultural funds of knowledge in ways that will help them teach mathematics, and learn to encourage students' mathematical thinking. By integrating these important bodies of knowledge, pre-service teachers should be better prepared to teach mathematics to the variety of students in their classes. The developers are designing (a) modules that can be used in teacher preparation courses, (b) a mentoring program for new teachers, and (c) on-line networks to facilitate collaboration among participating teachers and institutions.The project includes a study of how pre-service teachers learn to apply the knowledge they have gained in the program. The research team has planned a longitudinal collection of data that will track the pre-service teachers into their careers. Their goal is to document teachers' understandings of children's mathematical thinking and children's cultural funds of knowledge and to understand the relationship between teachers' understandings and the learning and disposition of preK-8 students. The study will be implemented at all six universities with staggered start dates allowing for analysis and revisions between cohorts.These research and development efforts have the potential to impact preK-8 teacher preparation through (1) the development of modules that integrate several relevant proficiencies in mathematics teaching, and (2) the research that studies the impact of such a program on the mathematical learning and disposition of preK-8 students.