The Teachers' Net
The Teachers' Net is a consortium of teacher circles throughout the United States.
The aim of a Teacher's Circle is to equip middle school teachers with an effective problem-solving approach to teaching mathematics. This style of learning for teachers is based on the Math Circles environment that originated 150 years ago in Eastern Europe and has proven to be successful for students around the world.
The thrust of the Teacher's Circle program is to present mathematics as an intellectual endeavor. More than anything else, mathematics is problem solving. By presenting interesting and challenging problems as an incentive, we can endow the task of teaching mathematical methods and techniques with both a reason and a goal. Teacher's Circles provide an inspirational experience and practical resources for middle school mathematics teachers. Participants in these circles meet regularly with mathematicians and mathematical scientists for presentations, practice, and discussions of how to incorporate problem solving into their classrooms.
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