From phillip.kent at gmail.com Sat Sep 3 10:20:46 2011 From: phillip.kent at gmail.com (Phillip Kent) Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2011 10:20:46 +0100 Subject: [Maths-Education] Maths-Art Seminar at LKL, 8 September: ONE LOOP - ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES by Indu Choraria References: Message-ID: <1315041646.2176.58.camel@phillip-macbook-ubuntu> ** PLEASE CIRCULATE ** ALL WELCOME ** ONE LOOP - ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES An LKL Maths-Art seminar by Indu Choraria Thursday 8th September 2011, 6.00 - 7.30pm In mathematical terms, knitting takes a one dimensional yarn and loops it into fabrics that sit between 2 and 3 dimensions, not necessarily as a fractal object, but via forms such as lace, cables, baubles, layering, pleats - and simultaneously these can be crafted into shapes of complex geometry, from socks to Klein bottles. Indu will touch on some of these possibilities, referencing examples including her own work and reflecting on the more intangible aspects of knitting such as the emotional, personal and cultural. INDU CHORARIA studied fashion design in London and San Francisco, and has worked in fashion houses around the world, including Mumbai, Paris and Hong Kong. Indu launched her own luxury fashion label ?nu? in February 2010, which was exhibited at Paris Fashion Week. To view the collection visit: www.the-nu-space.com . TIME: 6.00 to 7.30pm PLACE: London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald St, London, WC1N 3QS [Travel information & maps at: http://bit.ly/LKL-MathsArt-venue ] NEXT SEMINARS: 13 October: Rolf Gelhaar (title TBA) 10 November: Paul Ernest, 'Mathematics in the Art of John Ernest' 8 December: LKL Maths-Art Christmas (Hands-on) Event (your contributions are invited!) LKLMathsArt on YouTube: We are creating a YouTube archive of videos from the Maths-Art seminars. http://www.youtube.com/user/LKLMathsArt LKL Maths-Art seminars are free to attend, and All are welcome. No reservation is required, but an email to lkl.maths.art at gmail.com is appreciated for planning purposes. *Visit the website and seminar archive: http://www.lkl.ac.uk/events/maths-art *Join the email list for future seminar announcements: http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/lkl-maths-art ++++++ Dr Phillip Kent, Visiting Fellow, London Knowledge Lab phillip.kent at gmail.com mobile: 07950 952034 www.phillipkent.net ++++++ -- ++++++ Dr Phillip Kent, London, UK mathematics education technology research phillip.kent at gmail.com mobile: 07950 952034 www.phillipkent.net ++++++ "Man's rush to the n'th floor is a neck-and-neck race between plumbing and abstraction" - Rem Koolhaas From a.m.brown at mmu.ac.uk Thu Sep 15 13:39:42 2011 From: a.m.brown at mmu.ac.uk (Tony Brown) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:39:42 +0100 Subject: [Maths-Education] Re: Manchester Metropolitan University: Three posts in mathematics education In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <08DEEF9E-73D4-483C-8CB5-6E5798761B23@mmu.ac.uk> Manchester Metropolitan University: Three posts in mathematics education The Centre for Mathematics Education has an excellent and innovative reputation and contributes to initial teacher education, CPD, research and curriculum development projects. The Centre for Mathematics Education is part of the Mathematics, Science and Technology Division. 1. We are now looking to appoint a well qualified individual with significant experience in Primary Mathematics Education. 2. We also wish to appoint, for one year, two well qualified people with significant experience in Secondary Mathematics Education. You will need to have strong subject knowledge and expertise in subject pedagogy. These posts will be based at the university's Didsbury campus but the successful candidates will be expected to teach also at the Crewe campus as required. The posts are subject to enhanced CRB check. Details can be found at: https://www.jobs.mmu.ac.uk/mmujobsite/home.aspx Educational research at MMU: http://www.esri.mmu.ac.uk/ Professor Tony Brown Education and Social Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2RR, UK Tel. 0161 434 6355 Web www.esri.mmu.ac.uk/resstaff/profile.php?name=Tony&%20surname=Brown Two new books for Springer's Mathematics Education Library series: Mathematics education and subjectivity Cultures and cultural renewal www.springer.com/education+%26+language/mathematics+education/book/978-94-007-1738-1 Becoming a mathematics teacher Identity and identifications www.springer.com/education+%26+language/mathematics+education/book/978-94-007-0553-1 mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer From Peter.Gates at nottingham.ac.uk Fri Sep 23 15:29:14 2011 From: Peter.Gates at nottingham.ac.uk (Peter Gates) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:29:14 +0100 Subject: [Maths-Education] Mathematics Education School of Education at the University of Manchester Message-ID: Seminar series: Recent research in Mathematics Education, 2011/12 You are invited to attend this series of seminars hosted by the School of Education at the University of Manchester. The series presents an exciting range of recent research within Mathematics Education that will be of interest to researchers, practitioners and students. Many of the seminars also address issues which are of relevance to wider areas of education (and beyond) and all are welcome to attend. The seminars are held every two weeks on Wednesdays, from 4.45 to 6.15pm in room C3.20 of the Ellen Wilkinson Building. A the programme is below. To be kept informed and be notified of any changes or additions to the program please email david.swanson at postgrad.manchester.ac.uk Opening Seminar: Wed 12th Oct 2011: 4.45pm in EW C3.20 'The use of value in mathematics education: contemporary cultural-historical activity theory meets Bourdieu's sociology' Prof. Julian Williams (University of Manchester) Future seminars: 2011: 26/10 Rethinking objectivity and subjectivity: Redistributing the psychological in mathematics education Prof. Tony Brown (Manchester Metropolitan University) 9/11 The association between pedagogy and learners' dispositions for university study Dr Maria Pampaka (University of Manchester) 23/11 To be arranged 7/12 Assessing algebra: Do you really get what you test Geoff Wake (University of Nottingham) 2012: 1/2 Perceived parental influence and students' dispositions to study mathematics in Higher Education Irene Kleanthous (University of Manchester) 15/2 Finding a voice? Narrating the female self in mathematics Prof. Yvette Solomon (Manchester Metropolitan University) 29/2 Mathematics coursework as facilitator of formative assessment, student-centred activity and understanding Dr Paul Hernandez-Martinez (Loughborough University) 14/3 Boundary crossers, brokers and third spaces Prof. Julian Williams (University of Manchester) 18/4 Multicultural studies in Mathematics Prof. George Joseph (University of Manchester) From Peter.Gates at nottingham.ac.uk Fri Sep 23 15:53:08 2011 From: Peter.Gates at nottingham.ac.uk (Peter Gates) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:53:08 +0100 Subject: [Maths-Education] Manchester Metropolitan University: Three posts in mathematics education Message-ID: Manchester Metropolitan University: Three posts in mathematics education The Centre for Mathematics Education has an excellent and innovative reputation and contributes to initial teacher education, CPD, research and curriculum development projects. The Centre for Mathematics Education is part of the Mathematics, Science and Technology Division. 1. We are now looking to appoint a well qualified individual with significant experience in Primary Mathematics Education. 2. We also wish to appoint, for one year, two well qualified people with significant experience in Secondary Mathematics Education. You will need to have strong subject knowledge and expertise in subject pedagogy. These posts will be based at the university's Didsbury campus but the successful candidates will be expected to teach also at the Crewe campus as required. The posts are subject to enhanced CRB check. Details can be found at: https://www.jobs.mmu.ac.uk/mmujobsite/home.aspx Educational research at MMU: http://www.esri.mmu.ac.uk/ From phillip.kent at gmail.com Fri Sep 23 17:20:37 2011 From: phillip.kent at gmail.com (Phillip Kent) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:20:37 +0100 Subject: [Maths-Education] Maths-Art Seminar at LKL, 13 October: Mathematics in Music by Rolf Gehlhaar References: Message-ID: <1316794837.2064.371.camel@phillip-macbook-ubuntu> ** PLEASE CIRCULATE ** ALL WELCOME ** MATHEMATICS IN MUSIC An LKL Maths-Art seminar by Rolf Gehlhaar Thursday 13th October 2011, 6.00 - 7.30pm Mathematics plays many roles in music: it can be used to describe the order found in music of the distant and the recent past. In so far as music may be considered as an architecture of sound in time, it has been used to generate order; and, of course it is essential to all the various different processes of digital sound synthesis so important to the music of today. This presentation will discuss some of these various roles and their influence on the structure and sound of my own compositions. ROLF GEHLHAAR is a pioneer in electronic music, interactivity, generative visuals and music, computer-aided composition and computer controlled kinetic sculptures. He studied at Yale and Berkeley, and was a personal assistant to Karlheinz Stockhausen and member of the Stockhausen Ensemble for 3 years. In the 1970s he became a freelance composer, electro-acoustic researcher and performer. He has received major commissions, prizes, and appointments at many international institutions such as Sydney Conservatorium (composer-in-residence), IRCAM Paris (research fellow), Sydney Opera House (sound designer), MIT (visiting lecturer), Hayward Gallery (two sound installations), Yorkshire Sculpture Park (outdoor sound installation) and many others, including more than 10 interactive sound/music installations throughout Europe. TIME: 6.00 to 7.30pm PLACE: London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald St, London, WC1N 3QS [Travel information & maps at: http://bit.ly/LKL-MathsArt-venue ] NEXT SEMINARS: 10 November: Paul Ernest, 'Mathematics in the Art of John Ernest' 8 December: LKL Maths-Art Christmas (Hands-on) Event (your contributions are invited!) LKLMathsArt on YouTube: We are creating a YouTube archive of videos from the Maths-Art seminars. http://www.youtube.com/user/LKLMathsArt LKL Maths-Art seminars are free to attend, and All are welcome. No reservation is required, but an email to lkl.maths.art at gmail.com is appreciated for planning purposes. *Visit the website and seminar archive: http://www.lkl.ac.uk/events/maths-art *Join the email list for future seminar announcements: http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/lkl-maths-art ++++++ Dr Phillip Kent, London, UK mathematics education technology research phillip.kent at gmail.com mobile: 07950 952034 www.phillipkent.net ++++++ "Man's rush to the n'th floor is a neck-and-neck race between plumbing and abstraction" - Rem Koolhaas