[Maths-Education] conference announcement

[Paul Ernest]

On behalf of George Gheverghese Joseph               
(G.G.Joseph@exeter.ac.uk)


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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TEACHING OF CALCULUS

The Department of Mathematics, University of Kerala and the 
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram, 
both in Kerala, India, are jointly
organising a conference on the teaching of calculus, at 
Thiruvananthapuram from January 12 to 14, 2004.

Theme     Mathematics teachers and educationalists have 
found that most high school students find calculus as one 
of the more difficult topics in their curriculum. Though 
this problem has been extensively analysed from 
different angles by various agencies, no consensus on how 
best to teach the subject seems to have emerged from their 
deliberations. The objective of the present conference is 
to identify the problems inherent in the teaching of 
calculus, to review and consolidate the work already done 
on this problem and to propose alternate strategies 
for effective
and efficient teaching of the subject.  Possible topics for 
which papers are solicited  include:
. History as motivation in the teaching of calculus . A 
geometrical and intuitive introduction to calculus . Real 
world problems which require calculus

The participants will be mainly high school and college 
teachers of mathematics with experience in teaching 
calculus or educationalists interested
in the teaching of mathematics.

Registration and Conference Organisation  Participants may 
register in advance. The registration fee is Rs. 500 for 
participants from India and us $
50 for those from abroad. Lunch and tea on conference days 
and accommodation will be provided for those
who register. A copy of the proceedings of the conference, 
upon publication, will also be sent to them. Those who wish 
to participate from abroad please contact Dr George 
Gheverghese  Joseph at G.G.Joseph@exeter.ac.uk

Important Dates Last date for registration and receipt of 
abstracts is November 30, 2003. The full text of papers 
should be  submitted during the conference.

Organisers

Dr. A. R. .Rajan, Head and Professor, Department of 
Mathematics, University of
Kerala Dr. K. S. S .Nambooripad, Institute of Mathematical 
Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. S. .Radhakrishnan Chettiar, Institute of Mathematical 
Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram
Dr. George Gheverghese Joseph,  Universities of Manchester, 
Exeter and Toronto

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Dr George Gheverghese Joseph School of Education, 
University of Exeter, England               
(G.G.Joseph@exeter.ac.uk) School of Economic Studies and 
Centre for Mathematics Education, University of Manchester, 
England                (george.joseph@man.ac.uk)
Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and 
Technology, University of Toronto, Canada
               (george.joseph@utoronto.ca)

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