SEEKING BRIDGES BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE: A REPORT FROM THE SCHOLARLY INQUIRY AND PRACTICES CONFERENCE ON MATHEMATICS METHODS EDUCATION

This paper reports on the NSF-funded Scholarly Inquiry and Practices Conference on Mathematics Education Methods (Grant No. 1503358), held in Atlanta, Georgia on September 30 through October 2, 2015. Conference participants from three different theoretical perspectives (sociopolitical, cognitive, and situative) discussed the goals and activities of methods courses with a focus toward developing more scholarly inquiry and practices in the work of methods instruction. Conference participants discussed ways of building partnerships between K-12 schools and university teacher education programs. Implications of the conference for mathematics supervisors and leaders are provided.