Inherent Tensions in Cultivating Equity-Mindedness for the Teaching of Mathematics

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session 23
  In Roundtable Session: Tensions in Cultivating an Equity Mind-Set in Preservice Teachers

Abstract

A phenomenological understanding of teacher candidates’ perceptions as they experience what it is like to cultivate an equity-oriented mindset for the teaching and learning of elementary mathematics course holds great potential to provide new insights into integrating equity into a mathematics methods course. In this study, cultivating an equity-mindset produced a variety of power struggles as tensions manifested when candidates negotiated multiple realities and competing discourses, normalizing practices operating in institutional spaces. This study seeks to help teacher educators understand more deeply how teacher candidates may experience cultivating an equity mindset for the teaching of elementary mathematics.

Author

• Karen Colum, Minnesota State University - Mankato