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Edd Taylor Assistant Professor, Learning Sciences Instructor, MSED 402 "Social Contexts of Education", Master of Science in Education Annenberg Hall Room 316 2120 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208-0001 Phone: (874) 467-3820 Fax: (847) 491-8999

Biography

Edd Taylor's research focuses on issues of equity in mathematics education as they relate to understanding the relationship between culture and mathematical cognition. Previous work utilized mixed methods to examine the ways students from a lower-income African-American community develop mathematical understandings while making purchasing in corner stores. He is currently examining religious practices related to mathematical thinking, specifically tithing. His goal is to better understand the relationship between our everyday uses of mathematics and domains of mathematical knowledge valued in classrooms. In other work, he has studied an NSF sponsored professional development program administered through the Diversity in Mathematics Education Center for Teaching and Learning (DiME), examining the ways teachers draw on their students’ informal mathematical knowledge, the ways children engage curriculum that considers out-of-school knowledge, and the supports and constraints of drawing on children’s everyday practices in classroom instruction. 

Awards/Honors

2008 - Commencement Speaker- UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education

Research/Scholarship
Education

Year		Degree		Institution
2005		Ph.D.		University of California-Berkeley

Selected Publications

Taylor, E. V. (2009). The Purchasing Practice of Low-Income Students: The Relationship to Mathematical Development. Journal of the Learning Sciences..

Nasir, N. S, Hand, V., & Taylor, E. V. (2008). Relevant knowledge in school mathematics: Boundaries between cultural and domain knowledge in mathematics classroom. Review of Research in Education: 32, 187-240.

Taylor, E. & Kitchen, R (2008). Doctoral programs in mathematics education: Diversity and equity. in Rey, Roberts, U. S. doctorates in mathematics education: Developing stewards of the discipline.

Saxe, G., Taylor, E. V., McIntosh, C., & Gearhart, M. (2005). Representing fractions with standard notation: A developmental analysis.. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education: 137-157.

Selected Presentations

Taylor, E. V. (January, 2008). Currency Exchange Practices in an African American Community: The Influence of Expectancy of Meaning. Invited talk at the Institute for Mathematics and Science Education, University of Illinois. Urbana-Champaign, IL.

Taylor, E.V. (August, 2007). "Can I owe you twenty cent?" Currency Exchange Practices in an African American Community.  Invited talk at the University Maryland
. College Park, MD.

Hand, V. & Taylor, E. V. (August, 2007). Cultural and content knowledge in mathematics education. Presentation at the Diversity in Mathematics Education Conference. Santa Monica, CA.

Taylor, E. V. (May, 2007). Moving from Theory to Application in Children’s Out-of-School Mathematics. Keynote address at the second Biennial Midwestern Conference for Culture, Language, and Cognition. Evanston, IL.

Wager, A., & Taylor, E (April, 2007). Equity and mathematics: What core beliefs need to be in place before an equitable practice can emerge?. Paper presented for the annual conference for the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics. Atlanta, GA.

Taylor, E. V. (April, 2004). Engagement in currency exchange as support for multi-unit understanding in African-American children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Diego, CA.

Research Interests

Culture and mathematical thinking, informal learning/out-of-school practices, elementary and middle school mathematics instruction, early childhood education, teacher development, mathematical representation

Teaching/Advising
Courses

MS_ED 402		Social Contexts of Education How social contexts such as families, schools, and the workplace shape individuals; how individuals' intellectual and interpersonal capacities, preferences, and goals are shaped by their social contexts. Societal structures that organize, supply, and channel individual learning experiences and how they provide the formal and informal settings in which social interaction takes place. How participation in these socializing settings molds the development of individuals' capacities and forms their goals.
Teach Ed 302		Social Contents of Education How social contexts such as families, schools and the workplace shape individuals; how individual's intellectual and interpersonal capactities, preferences, and goals are shpaed by their social contexts.  Societal structures that organize, supply, and channel individual learning experiences and how they provide the formal and informal settings in which social interaction takes place.  How participation in these socialization settings molds the development of individuals' capacities and form their goals.
LRN_SCI 451		Curriculum, Culture & Policy Current research topics in the learning sciences. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit with change in topic.
SESP 372		Methods of Observing Human Behavior Guided practice in systematic and participant observation of human behavior.  Observer bias, field notes, unobtrusive measures.

Committees (PhD)

Start		End		Name		Position		Description
2007		2007		Wager, Koestler (Madison)		Member
October, 2008				Dissertation Committee: Danny Cohen		Member

Service/Recognition
Professional Service

Year		Organization		Position		Description
2008		National Council of Teachers of Mathematics		Educational Materials Committee
2008		Equity Task Force (AMTE)		Co-Chair
2008		Equity Task Force (AMTE)		Co-Chair
2008		Conference Review Panel (3-year term): Division C		Member
2008		AERA (Division G, SIG-RME)		Conference Reviewer
2007		The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE)		Co-chair: Equity Task Force
2007		SIG-Research in Mathematics Education		Conference Reviewer
2007		National Conference on Doctoral Programs in Mathematics Education, Kansas City, MO		Session Leader
2007		Mathematics Teaching, Learning, and Liberation in African American Contexts. D. Martin (Ed.), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ		Reviewer
2007		Equity in Mathematics and Science Education: Critical Issues in Leadership Development Conference, Portland, OR		Conference Planning Committee
2007		Division G— Social Context of Education		Conference Reviewer
2007		Division C–Learning and Instruction (Sec. 3)		Standing Review Board, Discussant
2007		American Educational Research Association (AERA)		Member

Editorial Boards

Year		Journal Name		Position
2008		Journal for Research in Mathematics Education		Special Focus on Equity
2008		Journal for Research in Mathematics Education		Editorial Board Member

Community Service

June, 2008 - July, 2010

Peirce Local School Council (Community Representative)