[Maths-Education] Ciechocinek 2004

[Alan Rogerson]

Dear Peter,
Would you be kind enough to circulate this notice through the list?
Best wishes
Alan

Dear Colleagues,
We hope you will be interested in attending our next conference and we would
be most grateful if you could publicise the Preliminary Notice below in any
relevant Journals, Reviews, Newsletters or email lists that you know of.
Best wishes
Alan Rogerson
Chairman of the International Programme Committee

7th International Conference of The Mathematics Education into the 21st
Century Project
Ciechocinek, Poland, June 26- July 1, 2004
"The Future of Mathematics Education"
Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers

The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project has just completed
its sixth successful international conference in Brno, Czech Republic,
following conferences in Egypt, Jordan, Poland, Australia and Sicily. The
next conference will be in Ciechocinek, Poland, June 26- July 1, 2004. The
conference will be held in one of the most beautiful spa towns in Poland and
will open with dinner on Saturday, June 26th. The last working day of the
conference will  be the 30th June, and the conference finishes with
breakfast on July 1st. Side tours and trips can be arranged to Krakow,
Warsaw and other places in Poland and on the way to ICME 10 in Denmark. It
should be an ideal chance to relax before the rigours of the big ICME
conference if you are going there!
The title of the conference is "The Future of Mathematics Education".Papers
are invited on all innovative aspects of mathematics education. There will
be an additional social programme for accompanying persons. For ALL further
conference details please email arogerson@vsg.edu.au.



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> From: "Claus Meyer-Bothling" <Claus.Meyer-Bothling@media.leu.bw.schule.de>
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> Subject: [Maths-Education] Mathematics Teaching and Democratic Education
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> A seminar with a difference will be offered in May 2004.=20
> It is addressed to teachers of mathematics but also to non-mathematicians.
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> After all it concerns the relationship of mathematics with society and of
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> society with mathematics.=20
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> The basic ideas are these:=20
> 1. (Educational) In order to really understand mathematics, the students =
> must have the opportunity to express their opinions and their judgement =
> already at school. However if we teachers represent mathematics as a =
> finished product in which both the results and the methods are already =
> determined, it is difficult for the pupils to develop their own
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> 2. (Social) Our current society is shaped by mathematical structures =
> everywhere, visibly and invisibly. If the students do not learn to develop
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> their own point of view in relation to mathematics they can later on =
> easily be pushed into the defensive by "scientific" arguments. Yet our =
> democratic society is urgently in need of on mature citizens, who are in a
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> position to discuss things, even in technically influenced contexts.=20
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> In the seminar we want to discuss new ways of teaching Mathematics. In =
> doing this we will rely on the latest beginnings in Germany as well as on
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> the experienc of the participants from the different European
countries.=20=
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> You can find further details in several languages here:
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> Claus Meyer-Bothling
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