Joshua Markle

Lecturer – PhD (C), MEd

Office: WH276
905 688 5550 x5833
jmarkle@brocku.ca 

Josh Markle is a lecturer in mathematics education. Though born in Toronto, Josh spent most of his life in the foothills of southern Alberta, where he taught secondary mathematics. Prior to joining Brock, he was an instructor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Lethbridge. He is interested in better understanding the relationship between spatial reasoning and other domains of mathematics, the role of the body in knowing and doing mathematics, and more generally, how teaching and learning mathematics can support human and more-than-human flourishing.

Research Interests and Activities

  • Mathematics Education
  • Embodied Cognition
  • Interpretive Research Methodologies

 

Professional Affiliations and Accreditation/Certification

  • Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group (CMESG)
  • American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
  • Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA)

Recent Publications

Markle J. (in press). Tentativeness as strategy and affordance in spatial visualization. For the learning of mathematics.

Markle J. & Shivji, R. (in press). How do you feel? Using scribblers in the math classroom to elicit mathematical and personal connections. delta-K: Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association.

Markle, J. (2021). Enactive hermeneutics as an interpretive framework in the mathematics classroom. Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, 37(August), 1-27.

Markle, J. & Pelech, S. (2021). Walking: a quiet participation in place. Journal of The Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, 18(2), 179-191.

Markle, J. (2021). Fu-Go: mathematical investigations of Japan’s WWII balloon attack in the secondary classroom. delta-K: Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, 56(1), 57-60.

Markle, J. (2020). Holding fast to being possible: teaching as an interpretive practice. Journal of Applied Hermeneutics, Article 3, https://doi.org/10.11575/jah.vi0.70417

Markle, J. (2019). Loving kindness and capability. Journal of The Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, 17(1), 1-11.

Markle, J. (2019). Some hermeneutic qualities of a capabilities approach. Journal of Applied Hermeneutics, Article 10, https://doi.org/10.11575/jah.v0i0.68732

Courses Taught

  • EDBE 8P39: Teaching Primary-Junior Mathematics (Part 1)
  • EDBE 8P44: Teaching Primary-Junior Mathematics (Part 2)