Making Mathematics Equity Concrete CANMEE

Episode 1: Why High Quality Lesson Study?
Episode 1:  Why High Quality Lesson Study?  speaks to CANMEE's inquiry into mathematics teaching and learning for each and every student.  In this podcast, two first year lesson study teams share what they value, learn, and apply from investing their time into "just one lesson".  Joanie Commons, the commentator/facilitator for both groups is the host of this podcast and her three guests are sixth grade teachers, Amy Wert, Anna Hunt, and Cristina Quiroga.

CANMEE uses "High Quality Lesson Study" to describe a lesson study process that emphasizes a dual focus on mathematics and equity.  Elaborating on the the Mills and Chicago lesson study model, the CANMEE process studies, plans for, and observes the interplay between equity and mathematics in lessons and includes in its process: focal student interviews and assets-based descriptions, an equity-based research theme, lesson hypothesis, anticipating focal student mathematics and equity responses, and equity commentators.

Episode 2:  Why Agency? speaks to CANMEE's inquiry into agency's role in marginalized student's learning of cognitively demanding mathematics.  Agency is called out as the behavior of student's identity.  Celine Liu, Brent Jackson, Harold Asturias, and Karen Mayfield-Ingram share their valued perspectives on agency and its impact on mathematics teaching and learning.

This episode’s guests include four educators who participated in Healdsburg’s public research lesson as a teacher, commentator, administrator, and hub co-lead. Each shares their individual perspective on the impact of focal students on their learning about equity in mathematics lessons.  Focal students provide the through line for the lesson study cycle … from the equity-based research theme to the lesson hypothesis to the lesson plan to the observation.