Courtney Koestler
Director and Director of OCEMS in Athens, Ohio
Dr. Courtney Koestler
Director, OHIO Center for Equity in Mathematics and Science
McCracken Hall 321A
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740.593.0118
Dr. Courtney Koestler holds a B.S. in Elementary Education (Concentration: Mathematics) from Ohio University, an M.A. in New Professional Studies: Teaching from George Mason University, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction (Area of Study: Mathematics Education) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Koestler teaches courses in mathematics education. Her major research interests center on diversity, equity, social justice, and critical pedagogies in early childhood education, elementary education, teacher education, and mathematics education.
Most Recent Publications:
Koestler, C. (2016) Challenging and disrupting deficit notions in our work with early childhood and elementary teachers. In D. Y. White, S. Crespo, & M. Civil (Eds.) Cases for teacher educators: Facilitating conversations about inequities in mathematics classrooms. Charlotte, NC: Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators and Information Age Publishing.
Larnell, G. V., LópezLeiva, C. A., Scroggins, A. D., Amidon, J., Foote, M. Q., Hand, V. M., Herbel-Eisenmann, B., Koestler, C., and Wager, A. A. (2016). Challenging the reframing of equity in mathematical systems: Access, agency, and allies. In M. B. Wood, E. E. Turner, M. Civil, & J. A. Eli (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education(p. 1608-1611). Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona.
Felton, M. D., & Koestler, C. (2015). “Math is all around us and...we can use it to help us”: Teacher agency in mathematics education through critical reflection. The New Educator.
Koestler, C.,Felton, M. D., Bieda, K., and Otten, S. (2013). Connecting the NCTM Process Standards and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics Practices to improve instruction. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Felton, M. D. and Koestler, C.(2012). “Questions and answers canmean something”: Supporting critical reflection in mathematics education. In Flessner, R., Miller, G., Patrizio, K. and Horwitz, J.’s (Eds.) Agency in Teacher Education.
Koestler, C.(2012). Beyond apples, puppy dogs, and ice cream: Preparing prospective K-8 teachers to teach m