E135: Practice-Driven Professional Development with Zandra De Araujo, Sam Otten, and Amber Candela

About this episode

This episode features a discussion on improving mathematics teaching through practice-driven professional development with expert guests.

Learning to teach better with Dr. Zandra De Araujo (University of Florida), Sam Otten (University of Missouri), and Amber Candela (University of Missouri - St. Louis) as they share their work around incremental change in the mathematics classroom through Instructional Nudges in Practice-Driven Professional Development. Plus the Movie of the Episode, Hoosiers . Show notes can be found at amidonplanet.com/episode135/

People in this episode

Guests: Zandra De Araujo, Sam Otten, Amber Candela

Topics covered

• professional development
• mathematics education
• instructional strategies
• incremental change
• teacher training

Keywords

• Instructional Nudges
• mathematics classroom
• incremental change
• professional development
• Hoosiers

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Instructional Nudges in Practice-Driven Professional Development, Hoosiers

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