What is Deficit Discourse in (Undergraduate) Mathematics Education and What Can We Do About It?

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12-5-2022

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In this presentation, I will share what I have come to understand about deficit discourse in math education through my research and teaching at the undergraduate level. Recognizing that deficit discourse in mathematics education insidiously exists and operates at the individual, local, and societal level, I will briefly share promising outcomes from my previous anti-deficit projects. This will lead into some preliminary findings from an ongoing project focusing on the development of anti-deficit teaching. I will use the case of an instructor in the study to illustrate the complexity of engaging in anti-deficit teaching and the effort it takes to meaningfully challenge deficit discourse in mathematics education.

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December 5, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. Math 103

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