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COSAM Events 2021 February DMS Colloquium: W. James Lewis

DMS Colloquium: W. James "Jim" Lewis

Time: Feb 05, 2021 (04:00 PM)
Location: ZOOM

Details:

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Speaker: W. James "Jim" Lewis (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)

Title: The Role of the Mathematics Department in the Mathematical Education of Teachers

Abstract: The AMS publication Towards Excellence: Leading a Doctoral Mathematics Department in the 21st  Century opens with the sentence, “We have a simple message: To ensure their institution’s commitment to excellence in mathematics research, doctoral departments must pursue excellence in their instructional programs.” The CBMS publication The Mathematical Education of Teachers II recommends that at institutions that prepare teachers, teacher education should be “an important part of a mathematics department’s mission.”

In this talk, we will report on work at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to improve the mathematical education of teachers as well as efforts to improve how we teach mathematics to freshmen.

 
Faculty host: Huajun Huang
Co-host: Gary Martin (Auburn University, Curriculum and Teaching) 
 
Zoom link: aub.ie/lewis   (835 7247 0290)
 
Brief BIO: 
W. James “Jim” Lewis, Ph.D. is Aaron Douglas professor of mathematics and Director of the Center for Science, Mathematics, and Computer Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). At UNL, Lewis has served as President of the UNL Faculty Senate, President of the UNL chapter of AAUP, and chair of the Department of Mathematics (1988-2003). During the time he served as chair of his department, the department won the University-wide Department Teaching Award and an NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. He has received many teaching awards including the University’s Outstanding Teaching and Instructional Creativity Award, membership in UNL’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers, and the Carnegie Foundation’s 2010 Nebraska Professor of the Year. He is also the recipient of the UNL Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Women Award for his support of opportunities for women in the mathematical sciences and UNL’s Louise Pound-George Howard Distinguished Career Award. In 2015, Lewis was recognized by the Mathematical Association of America’s Gung and Hu Award for Distinguished Service and the American Mathematical Society’s Award for Impact on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics.