Delta-K,  Reader Reflections,  Volume 40, Issue 2

What Is a Good Mathematics Teacher? How Do We Find One?

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 40 Issue 2, September 2003

8 – 10

What Is a Good Mathematics Teacher? How Do We Find One?

John C. Egsgard

The following article is a summary of presentations and discussions I conducted in North America and Europe when I was president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). It seems to be appropriate for me to recall some of these ideas for our many young teachers of mathematics. More details can be found in the Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on Mathematical Education ( Boston: Birkhduser, 1983), pages 144-52.