This working group will discuss some of the current issues and challenges in mathematics teacher education at the secondary level. The main questions will relate to algebra and pre-service training, but overlaps with inservice education will occur during the third session. More specifically, the three sessions are structured as follows:

Session 1

• What are the big ideas of algebra for grades 7-12 pre-service teachers?
  
  
• What algebra ideas draw our attention to mathematical relationships and offer opportunities for experiencing the pleasure of critical thinking and mathematical insight?
  
  
• What does this look like in the mathematics classroom?
  
  

Session 2

• How should we prepare pre-service teachers to teach algebra?
  
  
• Do we continue preparing our preservice students to teach some algebraic manipulation?
  
  
• Do we question where the teaching of algebra is going? How do we do this?
  
  

Session 3

• How do we deal with non-mathematics teachers teaching mathematics?
  
  
• What are some inservice/retraining models used in the various provinces?
  
  
• How do we deal with the shortage of mathematics teachers?