[RUME] Who should prepare H.S. math teachers?

[Judy Sowder]

Thomas, I don't know where you could find an answer to your question, 
but you might be interested in looking at "The Mathematical Education 
of Teachers" from CBMS (and MAA and AMS) published in 2000. (Every 
math dept in the country received a copy.)The sections there on 
secondary preparation for teachers focuses on what type of 
preparation they need to have, no matter where the courses are 
located.

Judy Sowder



At 2:09 PM -0400 3/13/09, O'Malley, Thomas J. wrote:
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>Does anyone have a reference to a written or oral statement from a 
>group such as NCATE, NCTM, MAA, or CBMS, or a state education 
>department concerning the desirability of having high school math 
>teachers being prepared by mathematics versus education faculty?
>
>This issue has come up at my school with both departments making a 
>good case on paper for their having control of this; each dept. 
>currently has one person with previous HS math teaching experience. 
>We are a small liberal arts college with a very crowded set of 
>requirements for future math teachers.  For 80+ years we have had a 
>single content-plus-methods course for preparing HS math teachers 
>(there are separate content and methods courses for both elementary 
>and middle school math).  There would be little tolerance for adding 
>to student loads by having separate H.S. content and methods 
>courses.  The math dept teaches this course; its graduates have long 
>been praised as being the best prepared math teachers among those 
>from area colleges.
>
>Dr Thomas O'Malley
>Mount Union College
>1972 Clark Avenue
>Alliance, OH   44641
>omalletj at muc.edu
>
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Judith T. Sowder
Professor Emerita, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
San Diego State University
Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education
Alvarado Road Suite 206
San Diego, CA 92120