From mariotti21 at unisi.it Sun Feb 2 10:06:18 2014 From: mariotti21 at unisi.it (maria alessandra mariotti) Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 11:06:18 +0100 Subject: [Maths-Education] Newsletter on Proof Message-ID: The new issue of the Newsletter on proof is on-line, you can find it at http://www.lettredelapreuve.it Have a good reading! m.alessandra ______________________________________ Maria Alessandra Mariotti Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione e Scienze Matematiche Universit? di Siena Via Roma 56 53100 Siena Complesso Didattico San Niccol? Tel. : +39-0577-23 4850 int.1152 e-mail: mariotti21 at unisi.it ---------- Presidente AIRDM From david.reid at acadiau.ca Mon Feb 3 14:27:25 2014 From: david.reid at acadiau.ca (David A Reid) Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:27:25 +0100 Subject: [Maths-Education] Canadian National presentation at PME 2014 Message-ID: <52EFA74D.4060600@acadiau.ca> Dear colleagues, I am organizing the Canadian national presentation at PME this year. As you know, it is an occasion for the host country to tell the world what goes on there in mathematics education. We have some ideas about what we'd like to present, but we'd also like to hear from you, the international mathematics education community, what you'd like to learn about mathematics education in Canada. Please send the questions you'd like answered to me (David.Reid at acadiau.ca) before the end of February. Thank you, David -- =========================================== David A Reid School of Education Acadia University Mail: Box 57, Acadia U, Wolfville NS, B4P 2R6 Canada Tel.: +1-902-585-1393 Fax.: +1-902-585-1071 Web: http://www.acadiau.ca/~dreid/ Alternate email: davidreid42_work at yahoo.ca From alan at cdnalma.poznan.pl Mon Feb 10 10:47:39 2014 From: alan at cdnalma.poznan.pl (Alan Rogerson) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 11:47:39 +0100 Subject: [Maths-Education] Conference, September 21-26, 2014 - Montenegro In-Reply-To: <4BB7608B-B5AD-407B-A6D0-51F3134AB350@nottingham.ac.uk> References: <456AA396151DF647BD2C40023EFDFABC12E9BF63@EX5-VM.adir.hull.ac.uk> <52EB2F75.6020008@cdnalma.poznan.pl> <4BB7608B-B5AD-407B-A6D0-51F3134AB350@nottingham.ac.uk> Message-ID: <52F8AE4B.6090604@cdnalma.poznan.pl> Would you be kind enough to circulate this? Thanks Alan *Dear friends and colleagues, * *Please delete my old address in your address book: alan at rogerson.pol.pl **as it will terminate soon, and enter the new address: **alan at cdnalma.poznan.pl * *Final Call for Papers:****International Mathematics Education for the Future Conference, September 21-26, 2014 - Montenegro* *The conference will be held at the Hunguest Hotel Sun Resort, Herceg Novi, Montenegro from Sunday Sep 21st (arrival day only with Welcome Reception) to Friday, Sep 26th (departure day only). ** **There will be four working days including a half-day excursion to the nearby UNESCO World Heritage old town of Dubrovnik. ** **The hotel is in the most favoured and beautiful bay along the Balkan Adriatic coast and is easily accessible from Dubrovnik airport in Croatia and Tivot airport in Montenegro. Catch a glimpse of paradise at: **http://www.hunguesthotels.hu/en/hotel/herceg_novi/hunguest_hotel_sun_resort/ **. ** **The title/theme of the conference will be: The Future of Mathematics Education in a Connected World. ** **Our eleven previous conferences since 1999, held by the Maths Education into the 21st Century Project, were renowned for their friendly and productive atmosphere, and attracted many /movers and shakers/ from around the world. *** *http://math.unipa.it/~grim/21project.htm has details of these conferences and their Proceedings.* *** **We now welcome final proposals for papers and workshops in all areas of innovation in mathematics, science, computing and statistics education. ** **To help research students/lecturers we offer (optional) free double-blind peer review for formal research papers sent by registered participants. * ** *The Early Bird Registration Fee (before February 7th, 2014) will be (per person) 355 euro for double/twin share and 420 euro for single accommodation. This will cover all conference documents and social events, five nights B&B accommodation and all meals and coffee/tea breaks, except on two evenings participants will be free to enjoy dinner at the local waterfront restaurants and in the charming old town of Herceg Novi. ** **The First Announcement Version 6 can be downloaded from * *http://www.cdnalma.poznan.pl/static/alan/FAMontenegro6.doc* *** **We look forward to meeting you in Montenegro in September! ** **Best wishes, Alan ** **Dr. Alan Rogerson D.Phil (Oxon), M.Sc., B.Sc., B.A. (Lon), Dip.Ed., Cert. Ed. (Cantab). International Coordinator of the Mathematics Education for the Future Project* ** From A.M.Brown at mmu.ac.uk Mon Feb 10 13:35:58 2014 From: A.M.Brown at mmu.ac.uk (Tony Brown) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:35:58 +0000 Subject: [Maths-Education] Reminder: Mathematics Education Discussion Day Event, MMU. February 19th Message-ID: Mathematics Education Day Event at ESRI, MMU. February 19th 2014, Room changed to Behrens 0.1, Didsbury campus Research into maths teaching won?t go, so what?s the remainder? We are holding a discussion-based day event for researchers into mathematics education and mathematics teacher education who are interested in discussing the ways in which research connects with practice. We will approach this issue from two directions: first, in terms of some specific examples of practice which are being researched here at MMU, and second in terms of the sorts of assumptions that published research makes about mathematics teaching. At the end of the day Anna Llewelyn of Durham University will be speaking at the ESRI seminar series about the production of ?truths? of the mathematics classroom and the mathematical child within student teachers? talk. PLAN FOR THE DAY: From 10.30: Coffee and arrival (we are flexible about when you arrive - or leave - during the day) Session 1: 11.15am-1pm New models of school-based teacher education are focusing attention on how universities redefine their role. A team of MMU teacher educators have been involved in exploring how research can be built into their practice with trainees in school contexts. They will present their reflections on how classroom mathematics is variously generated in this work. Yvonne Barnes will discuss her work with a School Direct PCGE trainee who is using video materials as a resource to research his own practice in the teaching of early mathematics. Fiona Cockerham has piloted a research-based collaborative approach to teacher training involving "University schools", towards bridging the gap between theory and application to the classroom. Meanwhile Sue Hough will discuss some of the issues associated with preparing trainee teachers to develop an approach to teaching based on Realistic Mathematics Education. This work will be discussed in relation to wider issues concerning teacher educators? and trainees? understandings of research, and the appropriation of these ideas in government rhetoric and policy ambitions. 1pm ? 2pm: Lunch Session 2: 2pm- 3.45pm Alexandre Pais and Tony Brown are currently exploring how articles in Educational Studies in Mathematics highlight different aspects of mathematics education. They have a particular interest in considering how research sees itself ?making things better?. They have been asking questions about the sorts of change that the various articles set out to promote, and the assumptions that are made about the people involved in such changes. Do the articles assume that teachers/teacher educators will change their practice, or governments will change practice through the regulative apparatus and tell teachers what to do? How do the articles deal with these issues across different countries, social class, curriculums, teacher education models and so on? What does mathematics education research hope to achieve? 3.45pm ? 4pm: Tea Session 3: 4pm - 5.30 Anna Llewellyn of Durham University will be leading a session for MMU?s Educational and Social Research Institute?s seminar series ? title and abstract below From 5.30 onwards: Pub and food Anna Llewellyn, Durham University From functional automata to romantic inquisitor: an exploration of the production of the mathematical classroom and the mathematical child within the becoming of primary school student-teachers in England It is a truth universally acknowledged that a child in possession of education must be in want of a ?good? mathematics grade. However whilst this, or any, universal ?truth? appears to be real it is instead, a constitution of a particular time and context in society. In this presentation I use a Foucauldian discourse analysis to explore ?truths? of the mathematics classroom and the mathematical child. To do this I use a longitudinal case study of primary school student-teachers? talk, in relation to two authoritative sites of analysis: mathematics education research and New Labour neoliberal educational policy documents. From this I argue that there are certain versions of the mathematical classroom and the mathematical child that are acceptable and others that are not. Moreover, I argue that the mathematics child is absent yet present; they are rarely spoken about, and are instead produced through discourses as a normalised cognitive performance of the mathematics classroom. In neoliberal policy the child is produced as a functional automaton, whilst much of mathematics education research is concerned with the naturally curious child. The student-teachers take on these discourses to varying degrees. Mostly they collide creating disorderly discourses of confusion and inequity. "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer " -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The journal also accepts critical reviews of books. If you have original, not yet published manuscripts within the scope and focus of the Journal, please consider submitting to RIPEM. Do not miss this great opportunity to share your research internationally! Detailed instructions for preparing and submitting papers can be found at http://www.sbem.com.br/ojs/index.php/ripem/index If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact me. Claudia Flores claudia.flores at ufsc.br Federal University of Santa Catarina Editor-in-chief of RIPEM --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note that Middlesex University's preferred way of receiving all correspondence is via email in line with our Environmental Policy. All incoming post to Middlesex University is opened and scanned by our digital document handler, CDS, and then emailed to the recipient. 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From P.Ernest at exeter.ac.uk Sun Feb 2 10:49:55 2014 From: P.Ernest at exeter.ac.uk (Ernest, Paul) Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 10:49:55 +0000 Subject: [Maths-Education] Re: SKE courses In-Reply-To: References: <456AA396151DF647BD2C40023EFDFABC12E9BF63@EX5-VM.adir.hull.ac.uk>, Message-ID: Maths Ed List members- please excuse this message Dear Keith - I replied direct but your email keeps bouncing my messages Best wishes Paul _________ Paul Ernest Emeritus Professor, Education, Exeter University, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK Homepage http://www.people.ex.ac.uk/PErnest/ Philosophy of Maths Ed Journal Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-Ernest/e/B001K8D5B2 ________________________________________ From: maths-education-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [maths-education-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] on behalf of Peter Gates [Peter.Gates at nottingham.ac.uk] Sent: 30 January 2014 14:55 To: maths-education at nottingham.ac.uk Cc: Keith D Porteous Subject: [Maths-Education] SKE courses Hello I am the programme director for the Subject Knowledge Enhancement courses in Mathematics here at Hull University - the courses which precede PGCE for graduates of non-mathematical disciplines. I should appreciate it if the following message could go out. Wanted - any advice on how to manage SKE Maths programmes in the next couple of years. Having run these successfully for several years, at Hull University, it is very difficult now to see the medium to long term future of these invaluable courses. Keith Porteous (k.porteous at hull.ac.uk) would very much like to share ideas about how to tackle this, with colleagues in other institutions who are wrestling with the same problems. Hope this is OK Best wishes Dr Keith Porteous Centre for Educational Studies Hull University This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. From tony.brown93 at ntlworld.com Tue Feb 4 11:45:43 2014 From: tony.brown93 at ntlworld.com (Tony Brown) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 11:45:43 +0000 Subject: [Maths-Education] MMU EdD recruiting now Message-ID: <187DA113-28AA-4EFB-85A1-FEF90955D714@ntlworld.com> The Doctor of Education (EdD) programme at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) is designed to enable professionals to acquire a major qualification through researching and renewing their own professional practice. The programme emphasises critical intervention in policy, practice and debate built through the study of a variety of academic disciplines. The long-established and highly regarded programme recruits every two years and is currently accepting applications to join the next cohort of students commencing in September 2014. Students are typically drawn from an array of disciplines including HE lecturing, teaching, inspection, nursing, social work, youth and community work, museum and gallery studies, and professionals working within institutes for social policy and planning. The programme seeks to place the student in a more critically informed relationship with current educational debates, particularly as they impact on notions of ?professionalism?. It is intended that such a critical platform will help them come to their own conclusions about what the implications are for their practice as professionals, and intervene in educational debates appropriately. Part A of the programme comprises ten study weekends and two student conferences over two years. Four assignments and a dissertation are completed, all focused on professionalism and research methods and linked to the student?s immediate professional concerns. Part B, the thesis element, comprises independent research, often in the student?s own work location, culminating in a thesis shaped around professional development and intervention. Students are encouraged to publish their work and past students have had an excellent record of moving to more senior positions during their studies. The Doctorate of Education sits within the Education and Social Research Institute at MMU. ESRI is one of the leading centres for applied educational research and evaluation. ESRI received recognition as ?world leading? in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Details can be found at: http://www.esri.mmu.ac.uk. Prospective students will ordinarily possess a masters degree and selection will also be based on an interview including discussion of a piece of recent writing. The principal criterion, however, is a demonstrated capacity to combine imaginative work-based research with contemporary theoretical analysis. Interviews will be taking place during spring 2014. Initial enquiries should be made Barbara Ashcroft on 0161 247 2320 or b.ashcroft at mmu.ac.uk Professor Tony Brown Educational and Social Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2RR, UK 0161 434 6355 www.esri.mmu.ac.uk/resstaff/profile.php?name=Tony&%20surname=Brown From B.Jaworski at lboro.ac.uk Tue Feb 18 06:05:13 2014 From: B.Jaworski at lboro.ac.uk (Barbara Jaworski) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 06:05:13 +0000 Subject: [Maths-Education] Senior Lecturer -- PGCE Mathematics Message-ID: <93E27F40B5927848A4CFE12AA6F14194353243BF@ITSMBX-4.lunet.lboro.ac.uk> The School of Science at Loughborough University is seeking to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education to act as Programme Director for Secondary Mathematics PGCE programme. The person appointed will take a leading role in developing and enhancing the research, teaching and enterprise activities of the School of Science in the area of Mathematics Education and will take responsibility for the Secondary PGCE in Mathematics. The ideal candidate will have experience of working with trainee teachers and their mentors in secondary mathematics education, and supervising master's candidates in a PGCE programme. He or she will have a good first degree in mathematics or a related subject and a PhD in Mathematics Education or equivalent research experience with publications in high quality journals. The successful candidate will contribute to the activity of the Mathematics Education Centre, attracting research funding, leading research projects and supervising research students. Please see further particulars at: http://tinyurl.com/n84be2e If you have any queries regarding the position please do not hesitate to get in touch. Regards Barbara Professor Barbara Jaworski Head of Department Mathematics Education Centre Loughborough University Loughborough LE11 3TU UK Tel: +44 (0) 1509 228254 Fax: +44 (0) 1509 228211 Email b.jaworski at lboro.ac.uk President of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) http://www.igpme.org [http://www.lboro.ac.uk/pics2/esig.png] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 9037 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From paulus.gerdes at gmail.com Tue Feb 18 19:24:49 2014 From: paulus.gerdes at gmail.com (Paulus Gerdes) Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 21:24:49 +0200 Subject: [Maths-Education] Fwd: ICEM5_Second_Announcement Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marcos Cherinda Date: 18 February 2014 12:43 Subject: ICEM5_Second_Announcement Dear All, Please find attached the ICEM-5 Second Announcement and the Rgistration Form. 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Yours sincerely Sue Sue Pope Chair of ATM's General Council From sa.pope at yahoo.co.uk Thu Feb 27 13:47:37 2014 From: sa.pope at yahoo.co.uk (Sue Pope) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:47:37 +0000 Subject: [Maths-Education] Fw: ATM Special e-news re Kath Cross Message-ID: <1642186434-1393508860-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1079852413-@b1.c10.bise7.blackberry> For colleagues who would like more information -----Original Message----- From: Association of Teachers of Mathematics Sender: "Association of Teachers of Mathematics" Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 12:50:46 To: Reply-To: Association of Teachers of Mathematics Subject: ATM Special e-news ** ------------------------------------------------------------ It is with great sadness that ATM announces the sudden and untimely death of longstanding member Kath Cross (http://www.atm.org.uk/about/people/kath-cross.html ) on February 23. Kath's funeral is on Wednesday, 5 March. A private cremation will be followed by a service at Westbury Gardens United Reformed Church, Westbury Gardens, Blackburn BB1 1XF (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/search/Westbury+Gardens+United+Reformed+Church,+Westbury+Gardens,+Blackburn++BB1+1XF/@53.7465152,-2.4533216,17z) at 12:15pm. The service will be a celebration of Kath?s life so traditional funeral attire is not necessary. Tea and cake will be served in the adjoining hall after the service. All are very welcome to attend the service. Donations in lieu of flowers in memory of Kath can be made for East Lancashire Hospice, c/o Altys Funeral Service (W.M. Alty, Broomfield House, Bloomfield Place, Blackburn BB2 1XF). ATM is hosting a celebration of Kath's tremendous contribution to mathematics education, coordinated by Lynn Churchman, Anne Haworth and Sue Pope. This will take place immediately after BCME on Thursday 17 April 12:30 to 15:30, starting with a light buffet lunch. All are very welcome. If you wish to participate please let Kerry Belcher (http://kerrybelcher at atm.org.uk) know by Monday 31 March. If you wish to contribute in some way (beyond attending) please send details to Sue Pope (mailto:kerrybelcher at atm.org.uk) by Wednesday 26 March. ============================================================ ** unsubscribe from this list (http://atm.us7.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=027365827595adde35015800f&id=76aa943a45&e=30a0cc48b8&c=923a08187b) ** update subscription preferences (http://atm.us7.list-manage.com/profile?u=027365827595adde35015800f&id=76aa943a45&e=30a0cc48b8) From P.A.Hernandez-Martinez at lboro.ac.uk Fri Feb 28 17:29:35 2014 From: P.A.Hernandez-Martinez at lboro.ac.uk (Paul Hernandez-Martinez) Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:29:35 +0000 Subject: [Maths-Education] PhD studentships in Mathematics Education at Loughborough University Message-ID: Postgraduate Research Studies in the Mathematics Education Centre, Loughborough University The Mathematics Education Centre (MEC) at Loughborough University is an internationally renowned centre of teaching, learning and support and is a key player in many high-profile national initiatives. With a growing number of academic staff and research students the MEC provides a vibrant, supportive community with a wealth of experience upon which to draw. Centre staff are interested in supervising doctoral students on topics related to their research interests. We have funding to enable three well-qualified applicants to undertake postgraduate research in the Mathematics Education Centre commencing in October 2014. Each studentship is for three years and is valued at ?13,863 p.a. plus tuition fees at the UK/EU rate. We welcome applications from non-UE/UK candidates but they must be able to fund the difference between home and international fees. The closing date for applications is MARCH 31ST , 2014. For details of these studentships, information on entry requirements and how to apply visit our webpage: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/mec/postgraduate/research/