Investigating the opportunities to engage students in intellectually humble discourse and becoming interculturally competent: Implications for research and practice

Fabiana Cardetti with Manuela Wagner, Professor of Foreign Language Education at LCL, have been awarded funding to develop and study the implementation of curriculum materials aimed at developing intellectual humility under the framework of intercultural competence and citizenship. Working with K-12 mathematics and language teachers and expert consultants.

Educating for Intellectual Humility: Countering Arrogance and Servility 

Fabiana Cardetti with Manuela Wagner, Professor of Foreign Language Education at LCL, Heather Battaly, Professor of Philosophy, and Sandra Sirota, Human Rights Educator, have been awarded funding to  co-organize university-wide events for intellectual humility in education in Fall 2018. The events include a full-day symposium, two public lectures, and working group sessions with national and international expert panelist and presenters. The events are further co-sponsored by the Departments of Mathematics, Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, and Philosophy, as well as the Office of Global Affairs

The math department has once again been awarded the NSF grant to run the REU program at UConn for the next 3 years! Four students will participate in the Mathematics Education REU. The 10-week project was designed to engage participants in the work of research in mathematics education. Participants work in teams, learning about the fundamentals of educational research and its different methodological approaches, reviewing the literature for a specific topic, developing and implementing a research study around that topic, and analyzing and reporting the study results. Each year a focus area will be selected and participants will have several choices for working on different studies within that area. For example, in summer 2013 we concentrated on Inquiry-based Learning (IBL) and conducted two separate studies: one with a focus on teacher’s and students’ support, and the other on creating an IBL module to enhance the understanding of parameterization of curves in Multivariable Calculus courses.

More details about the projects, presentations, and projects from previous years can be found here.

Fabiana Cardetti is a member of the NSF Task Force for mathematical writing in elementary school. She joins colleagues from education, mathematics, and school teachers to investigate the types and purposes of K-12 mathematical writing. (2015-2017)

Fabiana Cardetti and Manuela Wagner have been awarded a fellowship from the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute through the Humility and Conviction in Public Life project. In the Spring 2017, they will investigate interconnections between theories of intellectual humility and intercultural competence and citizenship, specifically as applied to education. Intercultural competence expert, Michael Byram (Durham University), is also part of the research team.

Prof. Fabiana Cardetti and colleagues from the Neag School of Education are leading the project Bridging Practices Among Connecticut Mathematics Educators funded by the Math and Science Partnership grant from the State Department of Education. As part of the project, math teachers from three Connecticut school districts are working with UConn faculty members and graduate students to develop skills and resources to enable them to meet new teaching and assessment standards and improve their students’ learning in math. Prof. Lozano-Robledo is also involved this summer in the implementation of a summer professional development workshop.

Read more about the program, its goals, and members, on UConn Today, or in the CLAS Newsletter.

Once again this summer (2013) we will run an NSF funded REU program at UConn. Four students will participate in the Mathematics Education REU. The 9-week project was designed to engage participants in the work of research in mathematics education. Participants work in teams, learning about the fundamentals of educational research and its different methodological approaches, reviewing the literature for a specific topic, developing and implementing a research study around that topic, and analyzing and reporting the study results. This year our focus is on Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL). The participants have chosen to work on two separate studies: one with a focus on teacher’s and students’ support, and the other on creating an IBL module to enhance the understanding of parameterization of curves in Multivariable Calculus courses.

More details about the projects, presentations, and projects from previous years can be found here.

Fabiana Cardetti has been distinguished with the 2012 AAUP Excellence Award for Teaching Promise.

An article by Christine Buckley has been featured on the CLAS e-news.