Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Amber Candela, (University of Missouri-St. Louis), Dr. Allyson Hallman-Thrasher, (Ohio University), and Rachael Eriksen Brown, (Pennsylvania State University–Abington) as they share their advice and expertise as mathematics teacher editors and their work as editors of the Mathematics Teacher Educator Journal. Specifically, we discuss their latest article titled “So who’s the actual editor?,” from Volume 14, Issue 3 of the Mathematics Teacher Educator journal.

Candela, A. G., Hallman-Thrasher, A., & Brown, R. E. (2026). “So who’s the actual editor?”. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 14*(3), 135-138. * https://doi.org/10.5951/MTE.2026-0011
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Special Guests: Allyson Hallman-Thrasher, Amber Candela, and Rachael Brown.

Learning to teach math teachers better by engaging in a roundtable discussion about the events and opportunities of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators that help promote community and engagement around the improvement of mathematics teacher education.

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Learning to teach math teachers better with Dr. Jennifer Ward, Associate Professor of Elementary Mathematics Education at Kennesaw State University, Dr. Joseph DiNapoli, Associate Professor at Montclair State University, and Dr. Alesia Moldavan, Associate Professor of Elementary Mathematics and Science Education at Georgia Southern University. They share their experience and expertise on being mathematics teacher educators, their work around supporting noticing of productive struggle in teacher preparation, and the role the STaR program played in them coming together.

Links from the episode

Ward, J., DiNapoli, J. & Monahan, K. (2022). Instructional perseverance in early-childhood classrooms: Supporting children’s development of STEM reasoning in a social justice context. Education Science, 12(159). https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12030159

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Special Guests: Alesia Moldavan, Jennifer Ward, and Joseph DiNapoli.