Building Community to Center Equity and Justice in Mathematics Teacher Education

Courtney Koestler, PhD, is the director of the OHIO Center for Equity in Mathematics and Science and an associate professor of teacher education in the Patton College of Education at Ohio University, USA.Eva Thanheiser, PhD, is a professor of mathematics education and the chair in the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Portland State University, USA.

• Foreword; Enrique Galindo and Farshid SafChapter 1. Building Community to Center Equity and Justice in Mathematics Teacher Education: An Introduction; Eva Thanheiser and Courtney KoestlerSection I: Cases To Build Community With Prospective TeachersChapter 2. Cases to Build Community With Prospective Teachers: An Introduction; Crystal A. Kalinec-CraigChapter 3. Case 1—Building a Community Through Equitable Noticing; Jonathan Thomas, Cindy Jong, Molly H. Fisher, Edna O. Schack, and Walker MaskChapter 4. Case 2—Revealing Community Connections Through Slow Reveal Graphs; Amy BrassChapter 5. Case 3—Embracing and Grappling With Dissent: Reflections on Community Building in a Mathematics Methods Course; José Martínez HinestrozaChapter 6. Case 4—Designing for Dignity, Joy, and Solidarity Through Collective Mathematical Activity; Sandra Zuniga Ruiz and Mallika ScottChapter 7. Case 5—Reexamining Prospective Teachers’ Experiences to Build Community for and Around Equity Work in P–2 Mathematics Classrooms; Jennifer WardChapter 8. Case 6—Community Journals in the Pre-Service Classroom: Creating Space for Growth; Lisa Poling and Cacey WellsChapter 9. Case 7—Designing Inviting Spaces for Teacher Candidate Learning About Equitable Teaching Practices; Catherine KadukChapter 10. Case 8—From Letters to Learning: Fostering Community Through Labor-Based Grading; Joshua T. HertelChapter 11. Case 9—Establishing the “We” With Prospective Elementary Teachers: Conversation Grids as Teaching Mathematics Methods as Agape; Joel Amidon and Jennifer A. WolfeChapter 12. Case 10—Centering Community Care and Love in the Preparation of Prospective Secondary Teachers: A Collective Responsibility Approach to Mathematics Teaching and Learning; Jennifer A. Wolfe and Joel AmidonSection II: Cases To Build Community In Professional Development With Practicing TeachersChapter 13. Cases to Build Community in Professional Development With Practicing Teachers: An Introduction; Naomi A. JessupChapter 14. Case 11—Broken Circles: Building Inclusive Mathematics Communities; Joy A. Oslund, Lisa Jilk, Marcy B. Wood, and Sandra CrespoChapter 15. Case 12—Creating an Inclusive Community: Professional Collaborations Between General and Special Education Teachers; Stefanie D. Livers and Kristin E. HarbourChapter 16. Case 13—Developing Equitable Teaching Practices Through Facilitated Teacher Learning Communities; Lindsay Goldsmith-Markey, and Joy Anderson DavisChapter 17. Case 14—Building Community Through Collaborative Observation: Structures and Moves to Intervene on Biases and Support More Equitable Instruction; Nicole Garcia, Meghan Shaughnessy, Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Darrius Robinson, and Simona GoldinChapter 18. Case 15—A Journey From Content and Pedagogy to Justice: The Evolution of a Mathematics and Science Teacher Community of Practice; Michael D. Steele and Jenny SagrilloChapter 19. Case 16—Developing Critical Praxis in a Learning Community: A Case of Using the Acknowledgement, Action, and Accountability Framework to Interrogate Issues of Justice; Candace Joswick, Robin Keturah Anderson, Lisa Skultety, and Melissa TroudtChapter 20. Case 17—(Re)Claiming Sacred Spaces: Male Educators of Color Speaking Truth to Power in the Classroom; Rajeev Virmani, Damien Mason, and Michael SuarezSection III: Cases To Build Community With Graduate Students And Fellow Mathematics (Teacher) EducatorsChapter 21. Cases to Build Community With Graduate Students and Fellow Mathematics (Teacher) Educators: An Introduction; Anita A. WagerChapter 22. Case 18—The Road to Find: Poetry as a Tool for Developing a Productive Community; Kate R. JohnsonChapter 23. Case 19—The ICUCARE Equity Framework: A Tool for Building Community to Center Equity and Justice With Doctoral Students; Pamela A. Seda and Laura R. Van ZoestChapter 24. Case 20—A Novice Mathematics Teacher Educator Reading Group Devoted to Disrupting Systemic Racism in Teacher Education; Starlie Chinen, Michael Jarry-Shore, Sara Dozier, Faith Kwon, Miriam S. Leshin, and Hannah NiemanChapter 25. Case 21—A Sense of Belonging: Building a Mathematics Teacher Educator Learning Community to Support Ourselves and Our Students; Amy Hillen, Darolyn A. Flaggs, Wendy B. Sanchez, Belinda P. Edwards, and Alison HedrickChapter 26. Case 22—Building Solidarity in Academic Borderlands: Developing Community and Political Conocimiento in a Mathematics Education Discussion Group; Alexa W. C. Lee-Hassan, Catherine Kaduk, Anita Kursell, and Elizabeth RossiterChapter 27. Case 23—Building Critical Community Through Identity Sharing; Molly Robinson, Eva Thanheiser, Courtney Koestler, Amanda Sugimoto, Simon Byeonguk Han, Matt Felton-Koestler, Jen Thompson, Laura Wolfe, and Howard BartelsChapter 28. Case 24—Building Community to Advocate for Equity in Connecticut; Jillian M. Cavanna and Megan Staples