Gregory Benoit
Assistant Director, Earl Center for Learning & Innovation
Lecturer
Dr. Gregory Benoit (Dr. GB) is a lecturer in math education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development as well as the assistant director for the Earl Center for Learning & Innovation. He uses his experiences as a graduate of, and former teacher in, the Boston Public Schools as an anchor for his research in understanding and designing expansive mathematical spaces that nurture strong positive mathematics identities for both teachers and students. With a strong commitment to creativity, equity, and justice, Dr. Benoit critically examines mathematics popular culture artifacts and designs digital simulations and other practice spaces that center the culturally responsive teaching of mathematics. His research interests also includes gamification and game-based learning in mathematics.
Before joining BU Wheelock, Dr. Benoit was the senior professional development math coordinator at the Center for the Professional Education of Teachers (CPET) at Columbia University, where he created mathematical professional development responsive to the respective needs and values of the students, teachers and school. Dr. Benoit also served as the codirector of MathQuest at the Institute of Play, an interdisciplinary professional development aimed at supporting mathematics educators in employing principles of game design in planning and instruction.
Pronouns: he/him/his
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Education
EdD, Mathematics Education, Columbia University, Teachers College
MPhil, Philosophy & Education, Columbia University, Teachers College
MEd, University of Massachusetts
BS, Applied Mathematics, Worcester State University
Courses
WED ED 120 & 121 Exploring Professions that Change Lives
WED ED 230 Educational Design as Inquiry
WED 315 Gamifying Learning
WED ME 538 Game-Based Mathematics Learning
WED ME 546: Methods of Teaching Mathematics: Middle School
WED ME 547: Methods of Teaching Mathematics: High School
WED ME 560 Mathematics for Teaching: Algebra
Selected Publications
Benoit, G., Hammonds, K., Beaudine, G., Salopek, G. (Under Review). Using Memes to Open Spaces for Critical Conversations about Mathematics. Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics.
Barno, E., Benoit, G., and Dietiker, L. (Under Review). Designing digital clinical simulations to support equitable mathematics teaching. Educational Designer.
Benoit, G., Barno, E., Moussapour, R., and Reich, J. (Under Review). Simulating more equitable discussions: Using teacher moments and practice-based teacher education in mathematical professional learning. Technology, Knowledge, and Learning.
Benoit, G., & Salopek, G. (2023). What do you Meme: An Investigation of Mathematics Internet Meme and Math Identity. Journal of Urban Mathematics Education, December 2023, Vol. 16, No. 1.
Benoit, G. & Barno, E. (Accepted). Pre-service teachers’ interrogation of mathematics education following a digital clinical simulation. In Proceedings of the forty-fifth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Reno, NV.
Benoit, G., Slama, R., Moussapour, R, Anderson, N., the Reich, J. (2021). Simulating more Equitable Discussions: Using Teacher Moments and Practice Based Teacher Education in Mathematical Professional Learning. In Olanoff, D., Johnson, K., & Spitzer, S. M. (2021). Proceedings of the forty-third annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Philadelphia, PA. (pp. 1548–1553).
Slama, R., Moussapour, R. M., Benoit, G., Anderson, N., & Reich, J. (2021, October 13). The Future of Math Teacher Professional Learning. https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/kncs9
Benoit, G., & Reich, J. (2021, January 27). The power to change the equation: Mathematics teacher learning reimagined. Prepared for the Future of Math Teacher Professional Learning Provocation Series. https://tsl.mit.edu/the-power-to-change-the-equation-mathematics-teacher-learning-reimagined
Anderson, N., Slama, R., Moussapour, R., Benoit, G., Reich, J. (2020). Using Digital Clinical Simulations and Authoring Tools to Support Teachers in Eliciting Learners’ Mathematical Knowledge. Proceedings of the 2020 Connected Learning Summit.
Selected Presentations
Benoit, G & Barno, E. (2023, April). Coaching to Disrupt Deficit Teacher Orientations. In B. Garner (Chair), Expanding Coaching and Representations to Support Teacher Sense-Making Toward Disrupting Inequitable Mathematics Teaching Practices [Structured Poster Session]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting; Chicago, IL.
Barno, E. & Benoit, G. (2023, April). Coaching With Digital Clinical Simulations: Designing and Analyzing Preservice Teachers' Practice of Equitable Mathematical Discussions. In B. Garner (Chair), Expanding Coaching and Representations to Support Teacher Sense-Making Toward Disrupting Inequitable Mathematics Teaching Practices [Structured Poster Session]. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting; Chicago, IL.
Barno, E. & Benoit, G. (2022, November). Digital Clinical Simulations: Designing to Disrupt Inequitable Practices for Preservice Teachers [Individual paper presentation]. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Meeting; Nashville, TN.
Benoit, G. & Barno, E. (2022, November). Design Choices: Math Instructional Coaches Use of Digital Simulations in Professional Development [Individual paper presentation]. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Meeting; Nashville, TN.
Benoit, G. (2022, April). Creating more Critical Conversation about Mathematics [Individual paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting; San Diego, California.
Benoit, G. & Barno, E. (2021, March). Design Possibilities: Opening a Door to Equitable Mathematics Discussions [Presentation]. Massachusetts association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MACTE) Annual Meeting; Boston, Massachusetts.
Benoit, G. (2021, November). Using Teacher Moments And Practice Based Teacher Education In Mathematical Professional Learning. [Individual paper presentation]. North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PMENA) Annual Meeting; Philadelphia, PA.
Benoit, G. & Salopek, G. (2020, October). Game-Based Learning in Mathematics Education. [Individual presentation]. New England Inquiry Based Learning in Math Conference; In Conference. Virtual. Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/wit.edu/ne-iblm-fall-conference-2020/welcome
Benoit, G. & Salopek, G. (2019, April). Mathematics in Popular Culture: An Investigation Through Videos. [Individual paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting; Toronto, Canada.
Benoit, G. & Salopek, G. (2019, April). Mathematics in Popular Culture: An Investigation Through Videos. [Individual paper presentation]. National Council of teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Annual Meeting; San Diego, California.
Benoit, G. & Salopek, G. (2019, Jan). A Critical Examination of Mathematics in Popular Culture. [Presentation]. Math for America (MfA); New York, New York
Benoit, G. & Flatt R. (2018, Aug). Transforming Math Education through Game Design. [Presentation]. Reimagining Education; Hoboken, New Jersey