1. CONVERSATIONS ACROSS THE DECADES: LEARNING AFRICAN AMERICAN PEDAGOGICAL EXCELLENCE FROM BLACK MATHEMATICAL “DREAMKEEPERS”.
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View, Jenice L., Frank, Toya Jones, and Williams, Asia
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AFRICAN Americans ,MATHEMATICS ,THEORY of knowledge ,SURVEYS ,EDUCATION - Abstract
Examining the Trajectories of Black Mathematics Teachers: Learning From the Past, Drawing on the Present, and Defining Goals for the Future is a three year-long research study funded by the National Science Foundation. Our study was designed to reflect on the dearth of Black mathematics teachers, including problems with recruiting and retaining Black mathematics teachers. The research study mitigates some of the oversights in the history of mathematics education. The first phase of the study was a large-scale survey of more than 500 currently practicing Black mathematics teachers. Simultaneously, the research team began conducting oral histories of retired Black mathematics teachers. In the second phase of the project, there will be focus group with currently practicing Black mathematics teachers. Ultimately, the objective of the research is to leverage the epistemological wealth of Black teachers, particularly through an historical lens, to guide contemporaneous teacher education policy and practice. This paper focuses on preliminary findings from the oral histories part of this multifaceted research study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019