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<div>ICMI News 7: December 2008</div>
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A Bimonthly Email Newsletter from the ICMI-International Commission on
Mathematical Instruction</div>
<div>Editor: Jaime Carvalho e Silva, Dep. Matematica, Universidade de
Coimbra, Portugal</div>
<div><br>
CONTENTS<br>
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<div>1. Editorial: ICMI News - first anniversary</div>
<div>2. In memoriam --- André Revuz</div>
<div>3. Two new ICMI Study volumes now available</div>
<div>4. Purchasing the NISS volumes: how to obtain the ICMI
discount</div>
<div>5. Latest news about PME Newsletters</div>
<div>6. Announcement of New Journal and Call for Papers</div>
<div>7. Second Announcement and Call for Papers for Dresden 2009
Conference</div>
<div>8. Journal of Urban Mathematics Education: inaugural issue</div>
<div>9. Calendar of Events of Interest to the ICMI Community</div>
<div>10. Subscribing to ICMI News</div>
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<div>1. Editorial: ICMI News - first anniversary</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>ICMI News was launched in December 2007 and its Editor, Jaime
Carvalho e Silva, then asked me to write the first editorial.
Since that time, ICMI News has appeared regularly every two months,
disseminating information about current activities of ICMI and of its
Affiliated Study Groups, about events of interest to the mathematics
education community, providing also some snapshots on the history of
ICMI. The number of subscriptions regularly increased, being now of
1042, and for extending the outreach of ICMI News beyond the sole
audience of English speakers, non-English versions are progressively
being made accessible, in the image of the Portuguese version launched
by the Portuguese ICMI Sub-Commission. Today, one year after the
publication of the first issue, additional efforts must be made in
order to have ICMI News reach all those potentially interested in ICMI
activities, but a significant step has already been achieved, and I
would like to thank all those who have contributed in making this
project of the ICMI Executive Committee become reality.
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<div><br>
The year 2008 has been for ICMI an exceptional year, with the
celebration of its centennial at the Academia dei Lincei in Roma in
March; the ICME-11 congress taking place for the first time in
Latin-America in Monterrey (Mexico) in July; the satellite conferences
of two of its Affiliated Study Groups, PME and HPM, in Morelia and
Mexico City; the completion of ICMI Studies 15 and 16 (on teacher
education and development and on challenging mathematics) through the
publication of the Study volumes; the conference of the joint
ICMI-IASE Study 18 on statistics education; the launching of the joint
ICMI-ICIAM Study 20 on educational interfaces between mathematics and
industry and of ICMI Study 21 on the teaching and learning of
mathematics in multilingual contexts; the design of the joint ICMI-IMU
Klein project whose ambition is to revisit Felix Klein's seminal
reflection on mathematical knowledge for teaching in the light of
mathematical, technological and educational advances; and for the
first time in ICMI history the election of the next ICMI Executive by
the General Assembly of ICMI. But nothing would have been
possible without the thousands of members of the ICMI community who
have engaged in these activities and ensured their success, and I
would like to express here the deepest gratitude of the ICMI Executive
to all those who have contributed to the recent actions of ICMI.<br>
<br>
At the time when ICMI is entering the second century of its life, I am
deeply convinced that, thanks to the commitment, expertise and
diversity of the community it gathers, thanks to the values of
collaboration and exchange it relies on, ICMI can and must play a
major role for addressing the challenges faced today by mathematics
education worldwide. In 2009, within the ICMI EC, we will go on
trying to do our best for progressing in that direction and for making
our vision for mathematics education become reality.<br>
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<div>With my best wishes for the New Year,<br>
</div>
<div>Michèle Artigue, President of ICMI,
artigue@math.jussieu.fr</div>
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<div>2. In memoriam --- André Revuz</div>
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<div>André Revuz, who has been a member of the Executive Committee
of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) at
the time of the Presidency of Hans Freudenthal (1967-1970), and
certainly one of his closest collaborators in that EC, passed away on
October 27th. Beyond his role in ICMI at a crucial time of its history
--- when the necessity of considering mathematics education as a
genuine field of research and practice emerged, when the first ICME
Congress in Lyon in 1969 was organized and the journal
"Educational Studies in Mathematics" created --- André
Revuz has played a major role in mathematics education in France. All
along his life, he has put his remarkable energy and talent at the
service of mathematics education, deeply convinced that mathematics
could be and had to be made accessible to all students. Strongly
engaged in the New Math movement, member of the "Commission
Lichnerowicz" in charge of curricular reform, he became soon
convinced of the crucial role played by teacher preparation and
continuous professional development. He was thus one of the builders
of the IREMs (Institutes of Research in Mathematics Education) from
1969, an original university structure in France where professional
mathematicians, teachers, mathematics educators and historians work
together, and where from the beginning research and practice, as well
as research and teacher training, have been tightly connected. He
became the first director of the IREM Paris 7 in 1969 and made this
IREM a leading institution in the national network. In 1975, he was
also one of the builders of the first master and doctorate programs in
the didactics of mathematics in France, and strongly supported the
institutional acknowledgement of research and researchers in that area
at a time most university mathematicians were reluctant to do so. And,
even after retiring, he never stopped to be the tireless militant of
the cause of mathematics education that he had been all along his
career, he never lost his capability of rebelling against positions or
curricular decisions that he considered damaging for mathematics
education. In 2002, nearly 90, he engaged himself in the creation of a
collective called "ActionSciences", grouping teacher
associations and academic societies representing the different
scientific domains, and acting for mathematics and science education
of high quality for all students.</div>
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I personally met André Revuz for the first time when I entered the
Ecole Normale Supérieure where he was teaching Analysis and
Topology. Some years later, as I had been recruited at the mathematics
department at the University Paris 7, he proposed me to join the IREM
team on a part time basis, and then to organize with two other
colleagues the teaching of mathematics in a new experimental
elementary school attached to the IREM. This was how I began to engage
in research in mathematics education. From that time, he has always
supported my research work in that area, encouraged me to prepare a
Doctorat d'Etat, and smoothed the way to it. He will remain for me my
father in the field, and a person to whom I vow the greatest
admiration. I have interviewed him last year on the occasion of the
centennial of ICMI and those who understand French can access this
interview on the historical website about ICMI
(http://www.icmihistory.unito.it/).</div>
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<div>Michèle Artigue, President of ICMI,
artigue@math.jussieu.fr</div>
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<div>3. Two new ICMI Study volumes now available</div>
<div><br>
Two volumes resulting from recent ICMI studies have just become
available.<br>
<br>
-- New ICMI Study Series Vol. 11<br>
"The Professional Education and Development of Teachers of
Mathematics: The 15th ICMI Study."<br>
Ruhama Even and Deborah Loewenberg Ball (Eds.)<br>
2009. ISBN: 978-0-387-09600-1<br>
<br>
Table of contents:<br>
The preparation of teachers.- Student teachers' experiences and
early years of teaching.- Mathematics educators' activities and
knowledge.- Development of teaching in and from practice.- Processes
of learning in and from practice.- Models, tools, and strategies to
support learning in and from practice.- Balance of mathematical
content and pedagogy.- Key issues for research in the education and
professional development of teachers of mathematics.</div>
<div><br>
-- New ICMI Study Series Vol. 12<br>
"Challenging Mathematics In and Beyond the Classroom: The 16th ICMI
Study."<br>
Edward J. Barbeau and Peter J. Taylor (Eds.)<br>
2009. ISBN: 978-0-387-09602-5<br>
<br>
Table of contents:<br>
Challenging problems: Mathematical content and sources.- Presentation
of Challenges Beyond the Classroom: Organizational issues.-
Challenging Mathematics Beyond the Classroom Enhanced by Technological
Environments.- Challenging Tasks and Mathematical Learning: Role of
the student.- Mathematics in Context: Focusing on students in
challenging environments.- Teacher Development and Mathematical
Challenge.- Challenging Mathematics Classroom Practices.- Curriculum
and Assessment: Use of Challenges.<br>
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<div>More information is available on the NISS homepage
http://www.springeronline.com/series/6351.</div>
<div>Individual members of the ICMI community can obtain a substantial
discount when purchasing these books for personal use --- see
below.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Bernard R. Hodgson, Secretary-General of ICMI,
bhodgson@mat.ulaval.ca</div>
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<div>4. Purchasing the NISS volumes: how to obtain the ICMI
discount</div>
<div><br>
Since the 1990s, the volumes resulting from the ICMI Studies appear in
the "New ICMI Study Series" (NISS), now published by Springer
(formerly Kluwer) under the general editorship of the President and
Secretary-General of ICMI.<br>
<br>
According to the contract between ICMI and Springer, "members of the
ICMI community" are entitled to the ICMI Society Discount,
namely<br>
-- a discount of 60% from the list price on each NISS series
hardbound volume, and<br>
-- a 25% discount on each softbound volume in the series.<br>
The contract wording has been coined so to be as inclusive as
possible, but it is understood that the books thus ordered are for
personal use only.<br>
<br>
The procedure for obtaining the ICMI society discount is as
follows. <br>
<br>
i) Orders must be placed personally, on the Springer website,
through the NISS series homepage<br>
http://www.springeronline.com/series/6351<br>
<br>
ii) In order to obtain the society discount granted to ICMI,
individuals should enter the respective tokens when asked to during
the ordering process, under "SpringerToken / promocode".<br>
<br>
iii) The following Token Numbers have been issued by Springer
for use by the members of the ICMI community:<br>
<br>
Token for Hardbound: zqwqqJQFWzQ8WqY<br>
Token for Softbound: hAjkrckgWFaEYQA<br>
</div>
<div>This discount is not available to institutions or when ordering
the NISS volumes through a bookstore.<br>
</div>
<div>Bernard R. Hodgson, Secretary-General of ICMI,
bhodgson@mat.ulaval.ca</div>
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<div>5. Latest news about PME Newsletters</div>
<div><br>
A year and a half after the last issue, the International Committee
[IC] of PME is pleased to report the revival of PME Newsletters. There
will be a special issue in January, and there will be a return to
regular issues in May and November.<br>
<br>
At their meetings at PME 32 in Morelia (Mexico), the PME IC agreed
that the role of PME Newsletters is to respond to the immediate needs
of the membership and the organisation. In this respect the new
editors will do their best to offer the PME community a dynamic and
innovative Newsletter.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Each issue of the PME Newsletter will be no more than eight pages
in length and should be prepared in accessible language. The contents
of Newsletters might include:</div>
<div>* The following types of articles from the annual
conference:</div>
<div> - summaries of the numbers of: papers received,
papers accepted, participants, and countries represented</div>
<div> - reactions to plenary sessions</div>
<div> - reflections on activities of Discussion Groups and
Working Sessions</div>
<div> - reports from other activities taking place</div>
<div>* Reports of the impact or outcomes of the PME conference (e.g.,
books, Special issues of journals, workshops etc.).</div>
<div>* Contributions from experts in the PME community about their
research and developments in their fields (e.g., short summaries,
interviews, etc.).</div>
<div>* Photos etc. of members and/or happenings related to PME
activities</div>
<div>* Announcements of what information can be found on the PME
website. [It should be noted that the information found on the PME
website should not be duplicated in the newsletter]</div>
<div><br>
These topics will be represented together with the main focus of each
issue:<br>
<u>January issue</u>: Post conference issue which will include short
reports from each PME Portfolio Group (President, Vice-president,
Treasury and Secretary) of what has been done in the (past) year.<br>
<u>May issue</u>: Final notification and announcements related to the
forthcoming annual conference.<br>
<u>November issue</u>: Brief report from the recently held annual
conference<br>
<br>
On behalf of the PME IC the editors of the PME Newsletter encourage
members of the mathematics education community to contribute to the
Newsletters, submitting articles (brief reports, short summaries,
news, books, events, etc) of interest to the mathematics education
community and/or to PME as an organisation.<br>
</div>
<div>Contributions should be submitted to both editors by email :<u>
frade.cristina@gmail.com</u> and<u> zwu@nu.edu</u> not later
than:</div>
<div>December 28th for the January issue<br>
April 28th for the May issue<br>
October 28th for the November issue<br>
</div>
<div>Cristina Frade and Zhonghe Wu, Editors, PME Newsletter</div>
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<div>6. Announcement of New Journal and Call for Papers</div>
<div><br>
RIPEM - International Journal for Research in Mathematics Education /
RIPEM -Revista Internacional de Pesquisa em Educação Matemática
is a new international journal on mathematics education. The goal of
RIPEM is to provide a new forum to publish and access high-quality
research reports. The papers are expected to report findings from
empirical research and literature-based scholarly articles that
advance theories and scholarship of Mathematics Education. The journal
has an acknowledged Editorial Board, ensuring high academic standards
and broad international coverage.<br>
<br>
RIPEM is a journal published by the Brazilian Society for Mathematics
Education, and it will be published online and free of charge.<br>
<br>
Both emerging and established researchers are invited to submit
manuscripts to inaugural and future issues. All manuscripts should
only be submitted in English. They will be refereed anonymously by at
least two referees.<br>
<br>
Manuscripts presented in previous conferences could be extended and
submitted, as long as the submission provides a clear contribution
beyond the conference paper, and the overlap is carefully described in
the RIPEM submission.<br>
<br>
The website of the journal and its web-based submission system is
already open. In order to learn more about the editorial policy and
submission guidelines, all researchers are invited to visit this
address:<br>
<br>
http://www.sbem.com.br/ojs/index.php/ripem/index<br>
<br>
Although we welcome papers at any time, the deadline to submit a
manuscript for consideration in the inaugural issue is 5th February
2009. All efforts will be made to ensure that the refereeing and
publication processes will be fast in order to launch the inaugural
issue before the end of first semester of 2009.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Jonei Cerqueira Barbosa, joneicb@uol.com.br</div>
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<div>7. Second Announcement and Call for Papers for Dresden 2009
Conference</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project & The
University of Applied Sciences (FH), Dresden (Germany) announce the
10th (Anniversary!) International Conference: "Models in Developing
Mathematics Education" to be held Sep 11-17, 2009 in Dresden,
Saxony, Germany in full cooperation with the Saxony Ministry of
Education.</div>
<div>International Organisers: Dr. Alan Rogerson, Coordinator of the
Mathematics in Society Project (Poland) & Prof. Fayez Mina,
Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University (Egypt). Chair of the Local
Organising Committee: Prof. Dr. Ludwig Paditz of the Dresden
University of Applied Sciences.</div>
<div>You are warmly invited to attend and present a paper at the
conference in the heart of the historic & beautiful city of
Dresden.</div>
<div>The Second Announcement can now be downloaded from
http://www.informatik.htw-dresden.de/~paditz/SecondAnnouncementDresde<span
></span>n2009.doc</div>
<div>For ALL further conference details and updates please email
alan@rogerson.pol.pl .</div>
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<div>8. Journal of Urban Mathematics Education: inaugural issue</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The Editorial Team of the Journal of Urban Mathematics Education
(JUME) would like to announce the launching of its inaugural issue. To
gain free access to the articles in this issue, just register at
http://education.gsu.edu/jume and you can choose to become a part of
the JUME community as a reader, author, or reviewer. We look
forward to you joining our new family as we explore the bounds of the
urban domain in mathematics education.</div>
<div>JUME Editorial Team</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>In the first Issue:</div>
<div><br>
EDITORIAL</div>
<div>Illuminating Urban Excellence: A Movement of Change within
Mathematics Education, Lou Edward Matthews</div>
<div><br>
COMMENTARY</div>
<div>Putting the "Urban" in Mathematics Education
Scholarship, William F. Tate</div>
<div><br>
ARTICLES</div>
<div>Racism, Assessment, and Instructional Practices: Implications for
Mathematics Teachers of African American Students, Julius Davis, Danny
Bernard Martin</div>
<div>Learning Mathematics in a Borderland Position: Students'
Foregrounds and Intentionality in a Brazilian Favela, Ole Skovsmose,
Pedro Paulo Scandiuzzi, Paola Valero, Helle Alro</div>
<div>Math Links: Building Learning Communities in Urban Settings,
Jacqueline Leonard, Brian R. Evans</div>
<div>Practices Worthy of Attention: A Search For Existence Proofs of
Promising Practitioner Work in Secondary Mathematics, Pamela L.
Paek</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>http://education.gsu.edu/jume</div>
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<div>9. Calendar of Events of Interest to the ICMI Community</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>3rd international conference to review research on Science,
Technology and Mathematics Education</div>
<div>Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (TIFR), Mumbai, India,
January 5-9, 2009</div>
<div>http://web.gnowledge.org/episteme3/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>CERME 6: Sixth Conference organised by the European Society for
Research in Mathematics Education</div>
<div>University Lyon 1, France, January 27 - February 1, 2009</div>
<div>http://ermeweb.free.fr/cerme6.php</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>3rd International Symposium on Mathematics and its Connections to
the Arts and Sciences</div>
<div>Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, 21st-23rd of May, 2009</div>
<div>http://www.umoncton.ca/freimanv/macas3/index.htm</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>5th Asian Mathematical Conference</div>
<div>Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 22 - 26,
2009</div>
<div>http://math.usm.my/amc2009/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>ICTMT-9 - 9th Int Conf on Technology in Mathematics
Teaching</div>
<div>Metz, France, July 6-9, 2009</div>
<div>http://www.ictmt9.org</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>CIEAEM61 - Commission internationale pour l'étude et
l'amélioration de l'enseignement des mathématiques</div>
<div>Université de MONTRÉAL, Montréal, Québec, Canada,
July 26-31, 2009</div>
<div>http://www.cieaem.net/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>ICTMA 14 - 14th International Conference on the Teaching of
Mathematical Modelling and Applications</div>
<div>University of Hamburg, Germany, July 27-31, 2009</div>
<div>http://www.ictma14.de/</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>SEMT '09 - 10th bi-annual conference on Elementary Mathematics
Teaching,</div>
<div>"The development of mathematical understanding"</div>
<div>Prague, August 23-28, 2009</div>
<div>http://kmdm.pedf.cuni.cz</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>"Models in Developing Mathematics Education"</div>
<div>The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project</div>
<div>Dresden, Saxony, Germany, September 11-17, 2009</div>
<div><a
href="mailto:arogerson@inetia.pl">alan@rogerson.pol.pl</a></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>SRD'09 - Southern Right Delta'09</div>
<div>7th Southern Hemisphere Conference on the Teaching</div>
<div>and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics</div>
<div>Gordons Bay, South Africa, 29 November-4 December 2009</div>
<div>http://www.delta2009.co.za</div>
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