Bringing Social Justice to the Mathematics Classroom:

From Student Questions to Taking Action   

Date:  Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 9:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.PT
Cost:  $150 with purchase of full annual meeting registration / $200 to attend only the preconference workshop
Preregistration required

Grade Band:  K-12

Description 

Teaching Math for Social Justice (TMSJ) is much more than the lessons teachers might implement in their classrooms. It is about the relationships they build with and among students; the teaching practices that help them do that; and the goals to develop positive social, cultural, and mathematics identities—as authors, actors, and doers. During this workshop, educators will engage in the use of a social justice mathematics lesson framework as they design a lesson to teach mathematics for and with social justice.

Outcomes 

Participants will collaboratively design a lesson and supporting instructional practices as they unpack the concept of social justice in the mathematics classroom through the following lenses:

• About social justice - plan a lesson to look at serious or even provocative issues using mathematics.
• With social justice - design classroom interactions where the teacher uses various instructional practices that encourage equal participation and status.
• For social justice - promote practices founded on the belief that mathematics is a tool to be used to challenge the status quo.   

Presenters  

Cathery Yeh, Amanda Ruiz, Eva Thanheiser, and Basil Conway IV

Schedule  

9:00 a.m.–10:45 a.m.	Welcome About Social Justice: What school or community issue of social injustice might your students be interested to better understand and act upon?
10:45 a.m.–11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.	With Social Justice Relationships: How do I create a learning environment that supports social justice?
12:00 p.m.–12:45 p.m.	Lunch (included with registration)
12:45 p.m.–1:00 p.m.	Teams work on lessons
1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m.	With Social Justice–Equitable Teaching Practices: How do I create a learning environment that supports social justice?
1:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m.	Break
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.	For Social Justice: How can I prepare and empower my students to use mathematics as a tool to challenge the status quo?
3:30 p.m.–4:15 p.m.	Sharing Social Justice Mathematics Lessons
4:15    p.m.–4:30 p.m.	Closing Comments and Evaluation