UT Austin Structure

Masters Degreesand

Master Teacher Certification

Structure

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Core Content

Week One & Two

Two-week mathematics content course:

What Must Secondary Mathematics Teachers Be Able To Do in Order to Conduct Inquiry Based Lessons?

Usiskin (2001) has suggested a framework for secondary mathematics based on areas of analysis in which teachers engage during lessons. He argued that teachers must be able to:

1. Analyze concepts: recognize ways of explaining and representing ideas, select alternative definitions and their consequences, understand how mathematical ideas arose and evolved over time, and apply mathematics to a range of fields;

2. Analyze problems: understand alternative approaches to problem solving and have the ability to extend or generalize proofs and problems;

3. Analyze connections: explain links between school mathematics, the broader field of mathematical study and the world.

ANALAGOUS FOR SCIENCE – “DOING” RATHER THAN RECEIVING. CONTENT.

CONNECTIONS

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Best Practices in Action

Week Three

UT Summer Camp

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Implementation

Week Four

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On-line Course & Mentoring

2 semesters

•Academy Participants participate in an online community discussion forum for an academic year based on the text “Mentoring Matters” by L. Lipton et al

•Academy Participants are strongly encouraged to participate in a mentoring experience on their own campuses

•Academy Participants are paired with graduate students in our UTeach Summer Masters Program in Mathematics and Science Education in a mentor-protégée relationship

On-line Course & Mentoring

Thom McNeil

Teacher

Academy Participant