From P.Ernest at exeter.ac.uk Thu Sep 3 16:57:23 2015 From: P.Ernest at exeter.ac.uk (Ernest, Paul) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 15:57:23 +0000 Subject: [Maths-Education] Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, No. 29 July 2015 (25th Anniversary Issue) and ICME TSG53 Message-ID: Dear Colleagues I am pleased to announce the publication of this issue of the journal via the website http://people.exeter.ac.uk/PErnest/ The contents of the issue are listed below. The next issue will be published in 2016 and submissions are sought for it! Please start planning now and contact me if you wish to discuss any ideas with me (in the next 6+ months or so). There will also be a Topic Study Group (No. 53) on Philosophy of Mathematics Education at the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education, July 24 - 31, 2016, Hamburg, Germany, for which papers are sought. See http://www.icme13.org/topic_study_groups and http://www.icme13.org/files/tsg/TSG_53.pdf for details and please contact me directly if you would like to submit a paper or be involved in some way. Best Wishes Paul Ernest Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal No. 29 (July 2015) 25th Anniversary Issue Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal ISSN 1465-2978 (Online) Editor: Paul Ernest CONTENTS Paul Dowling Social Activity Method: A Fractal Language for Mathematics David W. Stinson & Erika C. Bullock Critical Postmodern Methodology in Mathematics Education Research: Promoting another way of Thinking and Looking Florian Schacht & Stephan Hussmann Between the Social and the Individual: Reconfiguring a Familiar Relation Galit Caduri & Einat Heyd-Metzuyanim Is Collaboration Across Incommensurable Theories in Mathematics Education Possible? Heather Mendick Using Popular Culture to Teach Maths Elizabeth Jackson Student Primary Teachers' Perceptions of Mathematics Paul Ernest Problem Solving: Its Assimilation to the Teacher's Perspective Barbara Pieronkiewicz Affective Transgression as the Core Objective of Mathematics Education Laura Golnabi The Conditions of Flow and Mathematical Problem Solving In?s Hipolito What is a Mathematical Proof in the Age of Modern Theorem Provers Andreas Moutsios-Rentzos & Panagiotis Spyrou Fostering internal need for proof: A reading of the genesis of proof in ancient Greece Michael DeVilliers I Have a Dream and Crossed Quadrilaterals Sean Chorney The Practice of Learning Mathematics as Comprising Three Parallel Processes: Mathematics, Tool and Student Regina Dorothea Moeller Teaching the Concept of Velocity in Mathematics Classes Anna Bellamy A Critical Analysis of Teaching and Learning Negative Numbers Jeffrey David Pair Is God a Mathematician? Douglas Henrich Mathematical Ethics: Values, Valences and Virtue Mario A. Natiello and Hern?n G. Solari On the Removal of Infinities from Divergent Series _________ Paul Ernest Emeritus Professor, Education, Exeter University, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK Homepage http://www.people.ex.ac.uk/PErnest/ Philosophy of Maths Ed Journal Knowing is not always the sweet sense making of untrammeled reason and intelligence that modernism and progressivism would like to portray. Knowing is also about fighting for psychic survival in the face of emotional and other forms of threat, it is about interpreting hidden coercive meanings underlying the literal spoken word of a teacher or another. Knowing is about deviant scheming to compensate for personally sensed deprivations or inadequacies. Knowing is about the desire for forbidden objects of gratification approached covertly under a patina of acceptable behavior and discourse. Knowing is in the mind of the eagle as it sights and takes its prey. From P.Ernest at exeter.ac.uk Thu Sep 3 17:09:49 2015 From: P.Ernest at exeter.ac.uk (Ernest, Paul) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 16:09:49 +0000 Subject: [Maths-Education] Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, No. 29 July 2015 (25th Anniversary Issue) and ICME TSG53 In-Reply-To: <344C197B97E64143BCFCF497188B7CCD10FE8DBE@UIWEXMBX11.ad.nottingham.ac.uk> References: <344C197B97E64143BCFCF497188B7CCD10FE8DBE@UIWEXMBX11.ad.nottingham.ac.uk> Message-ID: Dear Colleagues I am pleased to announce the publication of this issue of the journal via the website http://people.exeter.ac.uk/PErnest/ The contents of the issue are listed below. The next issue will be published in 2016 and submissions are sought for it! Please start planning now and contact me if you wish to discuss any ideas with me (in the next 6+ months or so). There will also be a Topic Study Group (No. 53) on Philosophy of Mathematics Education at the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education, July 24 - 31, 2016, Hamburg, Germany, for which papers are sought. See http://www.icme13.org/topic_study_groups and http://www.icme13.org/files/tsg/TSG_53.pdf for details and please contact me directly if you would like to submit a paper or be involved in some way. Best Wishes Paul Ernest Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal No. 29 (July 2015) 25th Anniversary Issue Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal ISSN 1465-2978 (Online) Editor: Paul Ernest CONTENTS Paul Dowling Social Activity Method: A Fractal Language for Mathematics David W. Stinson & Erika C. Bullock Critical Postmodern Methodology in Mathematics Education Research: Promoting another way of Thinking and Looking Florian Schacht & Stephan Hussmann Between the Social and the Individual: Reconfiguring a Familiar Relation Galit Caduri & Einat Heyd-Metzuyanim Is Collaboration Across Incommensurable Theories in Mathematics Education Possible? Heather Mendick Using Popular Culture to Teach Maths Elizabeth Jackson Student Primary Teachers? Perceptions of Mathematics Paul Ernest Problem Solving: Its Assimilation to the Teacher's Perspective Barbara Pieronkiewicz Affective Transgression as the Core Objective of Mathematics Education Laura Golnabi The Conditions of Flow and Mathematical Problem Solving In?s Hipolito What is a Mathematical Proof in the Age of Modern Theorem Provers Andreas Moutsios-Rentzos & Panagiotis Spyrou Fostering internal need for proof: A reading of the genesis of proof in ancient Greece Michael DeVilliers I Have a Dream and Crossed Quadrilaterals Sean Chorney The Practice of Learning Mathematics as Comprising Three Parallel Processes: Mathematics, Tool and Student Regina Dorothea Moeller Teaching the Concept of Velocity in Mathematics Classes Anna Bellamy A Critical Analysis of Teaching and Learning Negative Numbers Jeffrey David Pair Is God a Mathematician? Douglas Henrich Mathematical Ethics: Values, Valences and Virtue Mario A. Natiello and Hern?n G. Solari On the Removal of Infinities from Divergent Series _________ Paul Ernest Emeritus Professor, Education, Exeter University, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK Homepage http://www.people.ex.ac.uk/PErnest/ Philosophy of Maths Ed Journal Knowing is not always the sweet sense making of untrammeled reason and intelligence that modernism and progressivism would like to portray. Knowing is also about fighting for psychic survival in the face of emotional and other forms of threat, it is about interpreting hidden coercive meanings underlying the literal spoken word of a teacher or another. Knowing is about deviant scheming to compensate for personally sensed deprivations or inadequacies. Knowing is about the desire for forbidden objects of gratification approached covertly under a patina of acceptable behavior and discourse. Knowing is in the mind of the eagle as it sights and takes its prey. From E.Nardi at uea.ac.uk Fri Sep 4 12:55:03 2015 From: E.Nardi at uea.ac.uk (Elena Nardi (EDU)) Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 11:55:03 +0000 Subject: [Maths-Education] UEA Post Advert - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Education (Secondary Mathematics) References: <344C197B97E64143BCFCF497188B7CCD10FF729D@UIWEXMBX11.ad.nottingham.ac.uk> Message-ID: Dear colleagues, For your consideration and forwarding to interested parties UEA Post Advert - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Education (Secondary Mathematics) https://www.uea.ac.uk/hr/vacancies/academic/-/asset_publisher/h0n2rDvu3ug8/content/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-education-secondary-mathematics- With best wishes Elena Elena Nardi Professor of Mathematics Education UEA-EDU, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK Tel: + 441603592631 www.uea.ac.uk/education/people/profile/e-nardi, www.uea.ac.uk/~m011 RME Group at UEA www.uea.ac.uk/education/research/areas/mathematics-education Amongst mathematicians http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-0-387-37143-6 NEW! International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40753-015-0002-1 Special Issue, Research in Mathematics Education http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rrme20/16/2# From I.Biza at uea.ac.uk Tue Sep 8 09:25:27 2015 From: I.Biza at uea.ac.uk (Irene Biza (EDU)) Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 08:25:27 +0000 Subject: [Maths-Education] ICME-13 and TSG-2: Mathematics Education at Tertiary Level Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Can you please forward the following announcement of the ICME-13 and the TSG-2: Mathematics Education at Tertiary Level ? Many thanks and best wishes, Irene -------- ICME-13 and TSG-2: Mathematics Education at Tertiary Level The aim of this Topic Study Group will be to discuss and to exchange recent trends and perspectives from around the world. The topic is broad, not only because of the geographical and cultural diversity, but also because of the variety of students that take Mathematics at tertiary level: future research mathematicians; students pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; liberal arts students; prospective teachers shaping a view of school Mathematics from a new standpoint - just to mention a few target groups and levels. Within their specific contexts, each of these groups is entering a new learning and social environment and may experience difficulties in the transition to more advanced mathematical activities. More recently, the emergence of digital technologies has led to changes in syllabi and to new paradigms of teaching and learning. To this end, we invite the mathematics education community to submit contributions that address themes relevant to TSG 2, including: * The extent to which research advances from different theoretical perspectives have an actual impact on university classroom teaching and learning. * Transition to university mathematics teaching and learning. * Design of learning environment and uses of technology in tertiary mathematics education. * Advanced mathematical topics in pre-service teacher education and their relationships with content knowledge for teaching. Proposals are due Oct. 1, 2015. Details are attached or you can visit http://www.icme13.org/files/tsg/TSG_2.pdf. Co-chairs: Victor Giraldo (Brazil) victor.giraldo at ufrj.br Chris Rasmussen (USA) crasmussen at mail.sdsu.edu Team members: Irene Biza (UK) Reinhard Hochmuth (Germany) Azimeh Khakbaz (Iran) IPC Liaison person: Kiril Bankov (Bulgaria) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Paola Iannone (University of East Anglia) and Ian Jones (Loughborough University) ========= From E.Nardi at uea.ac.uk Tue Sep 8 17:50:43 2015 From: E.Nardi at uea.ac.uk (Elena Nardi (EDU)) Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 16:50:43 +0000 Subject: [Maths-Education] INDRUM2016 Update Message-ID: Dear colleagues, This is just a brief update on developments regarding INDRUM 2016 (the first conference of the International Network for Didactic Research in University Mathematics, March 31- April 2, 2016 - Montpellier, France) to which I would very warmly like to invite your paper submissions (by October 31). The second announcement of the conference is at: http://indrum2016.sciencesconf.org/conference/indrum2016/INDRUM2016_Second_Announcement_and_Call_for_Papers.pdf With this message I would also like to encourage you to register on the website, at http://indrum2016.sciencesconf.org/, so that we can begin to make programme and hospitality arrangements! All the best, Elena Nardi and Carl Winsl?w INDRUM2016 Chairs Elena Nardi Professor of Mathematics Education UEA-EDU, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK Tel: + 441603592631 www.uea.ac.uk/education/people/profile/e-nardi, www.uea.ac.uk/~m011 RME Group at UEA www.uea.ac.uk/education/research/areas/mathematics-education Amongst mathematicians http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-0-387-37143-6 NEW! International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40753-015-0002-1 Special Issue, Research in Mathematics Education http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rrme20/16/2# From I.Biza at uea.ac.uk Tue Sep 8 18:22:18 2015 From: I.Biza at uea.ac.uk (Irene Biza (EDU)) Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 17:22:18 +0000 Subject: [Maths-Education] ICME-13 and TSG-2: Mathematics Education at Tertiary Level-amended invitation Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Please replace the invitation to the ICME-13, TSG-2: Mathematics Education at Tertiary Level with the one attached to this email. Many thanks and best wishes, Irene -------- ICME-13 and TSG-2: Mathematics Education at Tertiary Level The aim of this Topic Study Group will be to discuss and to exchange recent trends and perspectives from around the world. The topic is broad, not only because of the geographical and cultural diversity, but also because of the variety of students that take Mathematics at tertiary level: future research mathematicians; students pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; liberal arts students; prospective teachers shaping a view of school Mathematics from a new standpoint - just to mention a few target groups and levels. Within their specific contexts, each of these groups is entering a new learning and social environment and may experience difficulties in the transition to more advanced mathematical activities. More recently, the emergence of digital technologies has led to changes in syllabi and to new paradigms of teaching and learning. To this end, we invite the mathematics education community to submit contributions that address themes relevant to TSG 2, including: * The extent to which research advances from different theoretical perspectives have an actual impact on university classroom teaching and learning. * Transition to university mathematics teaching and learning. * Design of learning environment and uses of technology in tertiary mathematics education. * Advanced mathematical topics in pre-service teacher education and their relationships with content knowledge for teaching. Proposals are due Oct. 1, 2015. Details are attached or you can visit http://www.icme13.org/files/tsg/TSG_2.pdf. Co-chairs: Victor Giraldo (Brazil) victor.giraldo at ufrj.br Chris Rasmussen (USA) crasmussen at mail.sdsu.edu Team members: Irene Biza (UK) Reinhard Hochmuth (Germany) Azimeh Khakbaz (Iran) IPC Liaison person: Kiril Bankov (Bulgaria) ---------------------------------------------------------- Dr Irene Biza Lecturer in Mathematics Education - Director of the Doctorate in Education (EdD) programme School of Education and Lifelong Learning, Room LSB-1.30, University of East Anglia, NR4 7TJ, Norwich, UK, Tel: +44 (0)1603 591741 url: http://www.uea.ac.uk/education/people/profile/i-biza#overviewTab, Publications: http://www.uea.ac.uk/education/people/profile/i-biza#publicationsTab NEW: Biza, I., Joel, G., & Nardi, E. (2015). Transforming trainees' aspirational thinking into solid practice. Mathematics Teaching, 246, 36-40. http://www.atm.org.uk/Mathematics-Teaching-Journal-Archive/75482 Biza, I., & Vande Hey, E. (2014). 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Her colleagues from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Universidade Estadual de Rio Claro, University of Delaware, University of Georgia, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, and Miami University will profoundly miss her. Bia is survived by her two daughters, Rafaela and Gabriela. She is also survived by her brother Alexandre D?Ambrosio and her parents Ubiratan and Maria Jos? D?Ambrosio. Dr Peter Gates Centre for Research in Mathematics Education School of Education +44 (0)115 951 4432 | peter.gates at nottingham.ac.uk | University web Page | www.petergates.org School of Education | The University of Nottingham | Jubilee Campus | Nottingham NG8 1BB -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This TI will include papers that report research on, for example: innovations in teaching and learning mathematics at university and university colleges; the provision and up-take of student learning support in mathematics; students? concepts in mathematics; mathematics for special purposes such as engineering, economics or teaching; etc. To be accepted for the TI papers must meet the regular requirements of NOMAD (scientific, length, style etc. For more information go to http://ncm.gu.se/node/504). The editors especially welcome papers that will profile research in teaching and learning mathematics in Nordic higher education, and papers from collaborative groups including authors working in Nordic and non-Nordic contexts. The thematic issue will be published in the autumn 2017. To meet this deadline papers for the TI must be submitted by 31 May 2016. The editors of the TI will be Barbara Jaworski and Simon Goodchild; Frode R?nning will also participate in the editorial group as one of the regular editors of NOMAD. Individuals or groups of authors who wish to contribute to this TI are invited to send to the editors (see email addresses below) by 30 November 2015 a very brief outline of the intended paper (focus, national and institutional context, research design). This will allow an initial consideration of the structure and coherence of the TI, the possibility of initiating collaboration between authors working on similar themes, and suggestions from the editors about possible emphasis or topics for inclusion to enhance the coherence of the TI. Barbara Jaworski (b.jaworski at lboro.ac.uk) Simon Goodchild (simon.goodchild at uia.no) Frode R?nning (frode.ronning at math.ntnu.no) From Peter.Gates at nottingham.ac.uk Wed Sep 30 09:41:38 2015 From: Peter.Gates at nottingham.ac.uk (Peter Gates) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:41:38 +0000 Subject: [Maths-Education] ICME 13, TSG 34 on Social and Political Dimensions of Mathematics Education References: Message-ID: <344C197B97E64143BCFCF497188B7CCD11047938@UIWEXMBX11.ad.nottingham.ac.uk> Dear Colleagues On behalf of ICME 13 TSG 34 on Social and political dimensions of mathematics education, I am pleased to encourage you to submit proposals for our TSG since the deadline for submission of proposals has been extended to October 15, 2015. I am attaching a description of our TSG as it appears in the ICME 13 second announcements. 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