The Fourth Conversations Among Colleagues
Saturday March 15, 2008  
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Educating Future Teachers of Mathematics: Elementary through University

Due to the nature of our contract with the Fetzer Center, we will only be able to accommodate a very small numbers of on-site registrations, so register ASAP. Regular registration will close on March 10th, after which we can make no guarantees.

photo of William MaCallum

Plenary Talk:  Where's the Algebra?

William McCallum
University Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Director of the Institute for Mathematics and Education,
University of Arizona

Closing Remarks
What have we accomplished and where do we go from here?

Glenda Lappan
University Distinguished Professor, Department of Mathematics,
Co-author of the Connected Mathematics Project and
Co-director of the Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum,
Michigan State University

Additional Sessions: Eighteen additional sessions cover a wide variety of issues related to teaching and learning mathematics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels for future teachers of mathematics such K-12 teachers, mathematics teaching assistants, mathematics professors, and mathematics education professors. Program overview and abstracts of all sessions are available under the program page.


Additional Speakers Include:

Ed Aboufadel (GVSU), Charlene Beckmann (GVSU), Aaron Brakoniecki (MSU), Christine Browning (WMU), Nesrin Cengiz (UM-Dearborn), Kim Cervello (MSU), Peichin Chang (UM), Charalambos Y. Charalambous (UM), Kirsty Eisenhart (WMU), David Feikes (PU-North Central), Robert Floden (MSU), Judith Flowers (UM-Dearborn), Gina Garza-Kling (WMU), Hala Ghousseini (UM), Chris Hirsch (WMU), Terrel Hodge (WMU), Kate Kline (WMU), Doug Lapp (CMU), Glenda Lappan (MSU), Raven McCrory (MSU), Vilma Mesa (UM), Tabitha Mingus (WMU), Aaron Mosier (MSU), Margaret Rathouz (UM-Dearborn), Rheta Rubenstein (UM-Dearborn), Keith Schwingendorf (PU-North Central), Sharon Senk (MSU), Natasha Speer (MSU), Ji-Won Son (MSU), Roger Verhey (UM-Dearborn), and Rebecca Walker (GVSU).


Hosted by the Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum and the Department of Mathematics at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Steering Committee:  Kirsty Eisenhart, Theresa Grant, Jane-Jane Lo, and Laura Van Zoest.

Conference Sponsors:  Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum;    Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics;   Michigan Department of Education, Mathematics and Science Partnership;    Michigan MAA;    MichMATYC;    MSU, Division of Science and Mathematics Education;    Texas Instruments;    WMU Alavi Fund;    WMU Instructional Support Fund.    If you would like to sponsor this event, please contact Jane-Jane Lo.