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- Title
Applying Symbolic Convergence Theory to Pre-service Teachers' Responses to Mathematics Education Organizations' Statements on Racial Violence.
- Authors
Clark, Daniel L.; Jerome, Angela M.
- Abstract
In June 2020, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) released statements regarding racism, racial violence, and mathematics teaching. Pre-service elementary teachers (PSTs) in a mathematics content course wrote reactions to the organizations' statements. After using an emergent coding process to code the reactions for major themes, the authors used a theory from communication studies called symbolic convergence theory (SCT) to analyze how closely the PSTs' understanding of the statements aligned with the vision espoused by the organizations in the statements. PSTs largely understood the need to make their classrooms safe and supportive spaces; however, they struggled to connect antiracist ideals specifically to mathematics teaching. The authors discuss potential ways NCTM and AMTE can address this disconnect.
- Subjects
NATIONAL Council of Teachers of Mathematics; RACE discrimination; STUDENT teachers; MATHEMATICS education; MATHEMATICS teachers; VISION statements; MATHEMATICAL notation
- Publication
Journal of Urban Mathematics Education, 2023, Vol 16, Issue 1, p72
- ISSN
2151-2612
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21423/jume-v16i1a495