Rafael Pellizzer Soares, MEd, MBA, BMath, BEd

Area of Study / Keywords

Story-listening Culturally Relational Mathematics Education Clowning and Improvisation

About

Rafael is a Brazilian educator and researcher with more than twenty-five years of experience in mathematics education and pedagogical leadership across Brazil and Canada. Having worked as a math teacher, school coordinator, textbook reviewer, clown-teacher, and founder-president of a not-for-profit preparatory program for low-income students in Brazil, Rafael currently lives in Edmonton, AB, and serves as a principal instructor with the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP) at the University of Alberta. Whereas his master’s research draws from Critical, Indigenous, and Clown (CIC) educational perspectives to situate story-listening as both research and pedagogical practices grounded in collaboration, holism, non-linearity, and mistake-friendliness, his doctoral research-creation endeavors to investigate the potential of story-listening as a culturally relational mathematics teaching approach.

EDEL 316 - Curriculum and Pedagogy in Elementary School Mathematics

This course provides an introduction to the teaching and learning of mathematics in the elementary classroom. The focus will be on using curriculum, strategies, planning and resources to support student learning. Prerequisite: EDU 210; Pre/Corequisite EDFX 200 and EDU 211. For students in the Elementary After Degree program: Pre/Corequisite EDFX 200, EDU 210 and 211. EDEL 316 is offered as part of Year 3 of the Elementary Program Route.

EDEL 415 - Issues in Elementary Mathematics Education

Focus is on current issues in mathematics education related to teacher and student roles, mathematical tasks and tools, and the learning environment. Prerequisite: An introductory curriculum and instruction course in mathematics education; or consent of Department.

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