Teaching Mathematics Graduate Students to Teach: An International Perspective

High-quality teaching of mathematics at the university level is important to every country. Almost all of the best jobs in the global economy require fluency in mathematics, and a great many require advanced technical knowledge. High-quality university math instruction contributes to high student achievement in the quantitative disciplines and prepares students for good jobs. Moreover, university faculty in most countries teach the students who will themselves become the next generation of pre-collegiate math teachers. If these teachers are to succeed with their own students they must have, along with teaching skills, detailed mathematical knowledge, understanding, and skills. So it is important that these teachers-to-be attend well-taught mathematics classes at the university. Thus every nation should be vitally interested in high-quality mathematics teaching at the university level.