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Our intellectual community in mathematics education is supported by a variety of activities and units, including:
The Division of Science and Mathematics Education
A unit of the College of Natural Science, the mission of the DSME is "to improve science and mathematics education, from kindergarten through the undergraduate years, through the professional development of preservice and inservice teachers and faculty members." The Division interacts with faculty and students in both the College of Education and the College of Natural Science and also supports community outreach.
Contact: Joan Ferrini-Mundy
The Mathematics Education Seminar
During the academic year the Division of Science and Mathematics Education sponsors a Mathematics Education Colloquium Series. This series consists of talks about research in mathematics education by both faculty members from MSU and scholars from other institutions in the United States and abroad. Past speakers from outside MSU have included Jill Adler, Michele Artigue, Deborah Ball and Hyman Bass, Curt Bennett, Francis (Skip) Fennell, Patricio Herbst, Liping Ma, Robert Reys, Tom Romberg, Deborah Schifter, and Triadafillos Triadafillidis.
Colloquium talks are open to faculty and students interested in mathematics education. New graduate students are encouraged to attend. Others from outside the MSU community with an interest in research in mathematics education are also welcome.
The Mathematics Learning Research Group
The Mathematics Learning Research Group, an informal gathering of faculty and graduate students who share research interests in the learning, teaching, and use of mathematics in schools and other settings, also meets periodically; discussion often focuses on work in progress (conceptualizing research, planning data-gathering, considering emerging results, and relating emergent results to practice and subsequent research), but also encompasses doing mathematics together and practicing conference or job search presentations.
Contact: Jack Smith
In addition, various units in the College of Education (e.g., the Center For Scholarship of Teaching) and the College of Natural Science sponsor other activities that are often of interest to members of the mathematics education community.
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