The following Leaders in Mathematics and STEM Education are doing innovative work. Click on the names to learn more about their work and find resources. Their leadership stories are documented in the books: Conducting Productive Meetings and How Innovative Leaders Lead.
Dr. James Barufaldi served as director for the Center for STEM Education, at the University of Texas at Austin, and a consultant on developing partnerships and STEM education. He also served as Principal Investigator of the Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science Teaching. He is now retired and enjoying exploring interesting things.
Dr. Robert Chang is the Center Director at Northwestern Material Research Institute. Dr. Chang’s team developed Materials Worlds Modules on Nanotechnology for K-12 Educators. These modules support students to learn nanotechnology concepts in a K-12 setting.
Dr. Paul Cobb and his team at Vanderbilt University has generated cutting-edge research on how to conduct instructional improvement at scale. Check out MIST Project website for tools and resources. Some of the books that he co-authored include:
- Systems for Instructional Improvement: Creating Coherence from the Classroom to the District Office (in -Press from Harvard University Press) Available for pre-order on Amazon.
- Improving Access to Mathematics: Diversity and Equity in the Classroom.
- The following book outlines the work of Paul Cobb. It is Edited by Erna Yackel and Koeno Gravemeijer. Journey in Mathematics Education Research: Insights from the Work of Paul Cobb.
Dr. Megan Franke from UCLA and her team are known for their work on Cognitively Guided Instruction. This work documents how children think mathematically when solving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. Teachers will gain insights on how to support students mathematical reasoning. Some of the books that she co-authored include:
- Young Children’s Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction in Early Childhood Education. Heinemann.
- Thinking Mathematically: Integrating Arithmetic & Algebra in Elementary School. Heinemann.
- Children’s Mathematics, Second Edition: Cognitively Guided Instruction.
Dr. Rochelle Gutiérrez from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her team conduct research on equity issues related to mathematics education. Here is information about her new forthcoming book that will be published in April 2018.
Goffney, I. & Gutiérrez, R. (in press). Annual Perspectives in Mathematics Education: Rehumanizing mathematics for students who are Black, Indigenous, and Latinx. Reston, NJ: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Dr. Richard Milner is the Director for the Center for Urban Education at the University of Pittsburg. His team conducts research on practices and policies that support teacher success in urban schools. He was even selected to give the Brown Lecture at AERA 2018 Conference!
http://www.aera.net/News/News-Releases-and-Statements/AERA-Selects
His e-mail is: rmilner@pitt.edu
Some of the books he has written include:
- Rac(e)ing to Class: Confronting Poverty and Race in Schools and Classrooms. Harvard University Press.
- Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There: Understanding Diversity, Opportunity Gaps, and Teaching in Today’s Classrooms. Harvard University Press.
Dr. Mitchell Nathan from the University of Wisconsin at Madison is the director of the Center for Education and Work. His work informs the field of the Learning Sciences and mathematics education. Dr. Nathan has many publications in the Learning Sciences, he is the co-author of the following:
- STEM Integration in K-12 Education, National Academies Press.