This paper presents partial results of a completed study which investigated the experience of teaching mathematics content courses to preservice elementary teachers. Interviews with ten mathematics instructors who teach these courses revealed several major tensions, including one that arises as instructors strive to set priorities and balance their affective and cognitive goals for their students. An analysis of three of the instructors' experiences of this particular tension will provide insight into the factors that contribute to it and how it is managed. [For the complete proceedings, see ED584829.]