Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 33 Issue 2, June 1996
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George Ditto
In November ’95, the MCATA executive met in Red Deer at the annual ”Thinkers Conference.” The main focus on Friday evening and all day Saturday was the ··changing Role of the Teacher: What Are the Implications for Specialist Organizations?” To help guide our thinking, we considered the effect on the following: mathematics standards; philosophy of public education: Alberta Education’s new directions (accountability, governance, Western Canada Protocol. the quality teaching document): education as a learning community: identification of constituents in the learning community and their involvement; what we should maintain as “critical” to mathematics; and mathematics education and financial realities on teachers.
