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Elizabeth Suazo-Flores
Visiting Assistant Professor
Mathematics EducationCurriculum and Instruction
I am a mathematics teacher educator who is interested in learning about different ways people know and teach mathematics. In my dissertation study, I explored the area of teachers’ practical knowledge (Elbaz, 1981) using narrative inquiry methodology (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000). Learning about the role of practical knowledge took me to be interested in the teaching of teaching mathematics and collaborate with researchers from other disciplines. I also explored learners’ ways of knowing mathematics in activities defined as landscapes of investigations (Skovsmose, 2001). Some research questions I am interested in exploring are: How do teachers build from their experiences to teach mathematics? In what ways do people bring mathematics to landscapes of investigations? In what ways do mathematics education researchers engage in interdisciplinary collaborations?
- Ph.D. — Curriculum and Instruction: Mathematics Education, Purdue University (2017)
- Master’s — Mathematics, University of Concepción (2007)
- Bachelor’s — Education, University of Concepción (2004)
I am a mathematics teacher educator who is interested in learning about different ways people know and teach mathematics. In my dissertation study, I explored the area of teachers’ practical knowledge (Elbaz, 1981) using narrative inquiry methodology (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000). Learning about the role of practical knowledge took me to be interested in the teaching of teaching mathematics and collaborate with researchers from other disciplines. I also explored learners’ ways of knowing mathematics in activities defined as landscapes of investigations (Skovsmose, 2001). Some research questions I am interested in exploring are: How do teachers build from their experiences to teach mathematics? In what ways do people bring mathematics to landscapes of investigations? In what ways do mathematics education researchers engage in interdisciplinary collaborations?
- EDCI 36400 – Mathematics in the Elementary School
- EDCI 53300 – Teaching and Learning Numbers and Operations
- EDCI 53600 – Teaching and Learning Data Analysis and Probability
- EDCI 54900 – Assessment in Mathematics Education
- EDCI 59100 – Teachers as Leaders
