19. Mathematics Education and Popularization of Mathematics

All aspects of mathematics education, from elementary school to higher education. Mathematical literacy and popularization of mathematics.


PANEL A:  Controversial questions in K-12 education: a debate

Wednesday, August 23, 16:00-17:45

Moderator: Michèle Artigue
                     Université Paris 7, Paris, France
Panelists : Ehud  de Shalit    
                     The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
                     Anthony  Ralston 
                     SUNY, Buffalo, USA
 
PANEL B:  What are PISA and TIMSS? What do they tell us?
Monday, August 28, 16:00-17:45

Moderator: Pengyee  Lee    
                     National Institute of Education of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Panelists:  Jan  de Lange      
                     Freudenthal Institute, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
                     William  Schmidt       
                     Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
 
 
PANEL C:  The role of mathematicians in K-12 mathematics education
Thursday, August 24, 16:00-17:45

Moderator:  Father Ben  Nebres         
                      Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
Panelists :  Shiu-Yuen  Cheng
                     Hong Kong University of Science and Tecnology, Hong Kong, China
                      Konrad  Osterwalder  
                     ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
                      Hung-Hsi  Wu    
                     University of California, Berkeley, USA
 
INVITED LECTURES  

Petar Kenderov     
Bulgarian  Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Mathematics competitions: who wins?
Thursday, August 24, 15:00-15:45

Alan  Siegel 
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, USA
Understanding and misunderstanding the Third International Mathematics and Science Study: what is at stake and why K-12 education studies matter
Wednesday, August 23, 15:00-15:45

Ian  Stewart       
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Mathematics, the media, and the public
Monday, August 28, 15:00-15:45