"Mathematics Teacher Noticing: Seeing Through Teachers' Eyes"
Assistant Professors Elizabeth van Es and Rossella Santagata will be presenting at the annual meeting of the Association for Mathematics Teacher Educators, January 27-29 at the Irvine California Hyatt: "Mathematics Teacher Noticing: Seeing Through Teachers' Eyes." Dr. van Es researches teacher cognition, professional development, and teacher learning communities. Dr. Santagata's research interests include culture and learning, video and multimedia in teacher education, and mathematics education.
Abstract
In everyday language, noticing is a term used to indicate the act of observing or recognizing something, and everyone engages in this activity regularly as they navigate a complex world. Researchers have recently become interested in a particular type of noticing—the noticing done by professionals. Groups of individuals who hold similar goals and experiences often display similar patterns of noticing and, in fact, learning to notice in specific ways can be considered part of developing expertise in a profession. In this symposium, we focus on the noticing of one of these groups of professionals: mathematics teachers. The goal of this symposium is to engage mathematics teacher educators in a discussion about mathematics teacher noticing asking such questions as:
- What is (and isn't) teacher noticing?
- Why do we (or should we) study teacher noticing?
- What trajectories of development related to noticing expertise exist for prospective and practicing teachers?
- How can researchers most productively study teacher noticing?
- If teachers have more expertise in noticing, will they have more effective classrooms, ones in which students learn more?
