Unforgetting, Designing, Reimagining: Equitable Futures in Math Ed Tech for Teachers and Learners

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium explores how culturally responsive mathematics education and social and emotional learning (SEL) can inform the design of equity-centered educational technology products that also support teachers’ pedagogical practice. Presenters introduce five essential characteristics of culturally responsive math instruction and guidelines for advancing SEL, demonstrating their application in ed tech contexts. Through research-practice partnerships, the session highlights innovative product features that integrate these principles to support more humanizing and just math learning experiences. Together, these presentations envision a future of teaching and learning that unforget histories of exclusion in math education while cultivating transformative digital environments for teachers and learners. The session invites reflection on how ed tech can disrupt deficit narratives and reimagine teaching through liberatory design frameworks.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education / Division K - Section 09: Innovative Design and Models for Teaching and Teacher Education

Chair

• Titiola Harley, Bill Gates Foundation

Papers

• Unforgetting the Roots: Defining Essential Characteristics of Culturally Responsive Math Education for Ed Tech Design - Saroja Warner, Wested; Rebecca Colina Neri, Stemuli Studios, Inc.; Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, WestEd

• Designing for Emotional and Relational Dimensions: Guidelines for Advancing SEL in Math Ed Tech - Rista Plate, Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning; Heather Schwartz, CASEL

• From Framework to Feature: Examples of Culturally Responsive and SEL-Aligned Math Ed Tech in Action - Julie Jackson Cohen, University of Virginia; Taylor Shead, Stemuli Studios; Rachel Etienne, Reconstruction

• Embedded Learning: A Model for Supporting Teacher Development Through Justice-Aligned EdTech - Rebecca Colina Neri, Stemuli Studios, Inc.; Saroja Warner, Wested; Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, WestEd

Session Organizer

• Saroja Warner, Wested

Discussant

• Korah Wiley, Digital Promise