[ICMI-News] ICMI News 15: December 2010
J Carvalho e Silva
jaimecs at mat.uc.pt
Mon Jan 31 23:19:23 CET 2011
ICMI News 15: December 2010
A Bimonthly Email Newsletter from the
ICMI-International Commission on Mathematical
Instruction
Editor: Jaime Carvalho e Silva, Dep. Matematica,
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
CONTENTS
1. Editorial: Affiliate Organizations
2. ICMI Announcement: Affiliate organizations
3. ICMI elections: TRIPLE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
4. Proceedings of the Symposium Celebrating the Centennial of the ICMI
5. The Teacher Development Continuum in the United States and China
6. Calendar of Events of Interest to the ICMI Community
7. Subscribing to ICMI News
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1. Editorial: Affiliate Organizations
On the very last day of the year 2009, an
important modification in the ICMI Terms of
Reference was approved by the ICMI and IMU
Executive Committees. It allowed the formal
incorporation into ICMI of multinational
associations with an interest in mathematics
education (in general, and with regional
perspective):
ICMI may approve, through its Executive
Committee, the affiliation to ICMI of
multi-national organizations that operate in ways
consistent with its aims and values. ICMI and the
Affiliate Organizations are independent,
financially and otherwise. Affiliate
Organizations shall produce quadrennial reports
to be presented at the General Assembly of ICMI,
and a brief annual report on their activities for
the ICMI Bulletin. Affiliation may be terminated
by decision of the ICMI Executive Committee, or
by request of the Affiliate Organization.
Until that moment such organisations could
participate only as "Affiliated Study Groups",
that is, groups devoted to a specific field of
interest in mathematics education, as HPM, PME,Š
Since this modification was made, the following
organizations have been affiliated to ICMI: the
Comité Interamericano de Educación Matemática
CIAEM (Interamerican Committee of Mathematics
Education IACME), the European Society for
Research in Mathematics Education ERME, and, more
recently, the International Commission for the
Study and Improvement of Mathematics Teaching
CIEAEM. Other multinational and regional
organizations are expected to affiliate in the
future.
CIAEM, the first group to step forward
(http://www.ciaem-iacme.org), is the main
multinational organization in mathematics
education in Latin America. Its history goes back
to 1961, when it was founded under the influence
of Marshall Stone who by then was president of
ICMI. There had always existed?although with
variable in intensity through the years?an
important connection between CIAEM and ICMI.
During this long history, that will reach 50
years in XIII the Inter-American Conference of
Mathematical Education (Recife, Brazil, 26-30 of
June 2011), CIAEM-IACME has pursued the building
of bridges between mathematics educators of the
Americas, promoting research, advancing
scientific quality and strengthening educational
experiences and the mathematics education
professional community within this region of the
world.
ERME was founded 1999, in Osnabrueck, Germany
(http://www.erme.unito.it), after a decision
taken in 1997 by 16 European countries gathered
in this same city. This society "fosters and
supports cooperative activities on common themes,
topics and interests, aimed at: finding out what
research is going on in different places in
Europe which might benefit from wider
investigation; going beyond local contexts to
enhance knowledge and understanding in scientific
areas; bringing together and drawing on expertise
in related areas to broaden scientific knowledge;
and identifying key areas of scientific interest
or concern which should be a major focus for
collaborative research on a wider scale". ERME
will have its Seventh Congress of the European
Society for Research in Mathematics Education, in
Rzeszów, Poland: 9th to 13th February 2011.
CIEAEM (http://www.cieaem.net), founded in 1950,
aims to investigate, especially through
conferences, the actual conditions and the
possibilities for the development of mathematics
education in order to improve the quality of
teaching mathematics. The conferences are
"characterized by exchange and discussion of the
research work and its realization in practice and
by the dialogue between researchers and educators
in all domains of practice".
How important are these formal links? By becoming
affiliated to ICMI, on-going collaborative
activities between ICMI and these groups (in
different degrees and with different
characteristics), now will especially be
strengthened in many ways. For these
organizations it is not only a matter of
complying with the formal commitments, which are
very few: there are new real possibilities for
closer relation to ICMI projects and activities,
and to new organizations that are connected to
ICMI, and thus linked to the international and
multinational mathematics education community in
very rich ways.
The historical relevance of all this resides on
several planes: first, the benefit of affiliation
to ICMI of groups (individuals and collection of
activities) informally linked in many ways to it
and the promise to expand this trend. But also,
and this is the key plane: this provides a dose
of special organizational flexibility to ICMI.
Both planes converge. Looking ahead, ICMI,
without undermining its scientific perspective
and path as the reference point in international
mathematics education (associated with the IMU),
needs to face the challenge of further expansion
of its scientific and professional discipline in
a world that, intensely and increasingly
globalized, promotes the emergence of
multinational, diverse and local regional
players. Globalization, diversity and
individualization are key vectors at this time.
The three conditions reinforce the needs towards
inclusiveness and organizational flexibility and
dynamism. And that certainly affects the attitude
(and possibilities) towards the "outside world"
(groups, international organisms, institutions
and individuals) ICMI is to adopt, as well as the
traditional rules on the functioning of its
organizational structure.
Angel Ruiz, Vice-President of ICMI, angelruizz at racsa.co.cr
http://www.cimm.ucr.ac.cr/aruiz
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2. ICMI Announcement: Affiliate organizations
It is with great pleasure that ICMI announces
that the European Society for Research in
Mathematics Education (ERME) and the
International Commission for the Study and
Improvement of Mathematics Teaching (CIEAEM) have
joined CIAEM to become Affiliate Members of ICMI.
We welcome the opportunity for collaboration on
matters of mutual interest.
The possibility for regional organisations with
parallel aims in mathematics education to become
affiliated to ICMI was decided by the last
Executive and formalised in a recent modification
of ICMI's Terms of Reference. We are delighted
that three such organisations have agreed to this
collaborative status, and look forward to
widening the network in this formal way.
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3. ICMI elections: TRIPLE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
For the second time in its history the election
of the Executive Committee of the International
Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI)
will take place during the General Assembly of
ICMI. The purpose of this message is to launch a
TRIPLE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS resulting from the
election procedures in place for ICMI. Due to
some delays of which I assume full
responsability, the deadlines for the various
nominations have been modified. Please see
details below.
The next ICMI General Assembly will be held in
July 2012 in Seoul, South Korea, on the occasion
of the 12th International Congress on
Mathematical Education (ICME-12). This General
Assembly will elect the 2013-2016 Executive
Committee of ICMI.
This Call for nominations is being sent to
IMU/ICMI member countries Adhering Organization
(AO), Committee for Mathematics and ICMI
Representative (when applicable). However
nominations should be submitted by the Adhering
Organization and sent to the Secretary-General of
ICMI.
1-) CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE ICMI NOMINATING COMMITTEE
DEADLINE: MARCH 25, 2011
Please follow the following guidelines:
-- Each AO may submit one name to be a Member of
the ICMI Nominating Committee. This person
should have significant knowledge and experience
of ICMI affairs, cannot work in the same country
as the President of IMU and the President of ICMI
--- namely United States and New Zealand ---, and
cannot be a current member of the ICMI Executive
Committee. (This person also cannot work in the
same country as the Chair of the Nominating
Committee and the person chosen by the IMU EC,
but this restriction will be applied at a later
stage, as these two members of the Nominating
Committee are at this moment unknown.)
-- All submissions should be sent via e-mail,
post or fax to the Secretary-General of ICMI (see
data below). All e-mail submissions must be sent
from the official e-mail address of the AO.
-- The deadline for reception of nominations,
from which a random selection will be made, is
MARCH 25, 2011.
-- The nomination must be accompanied by the
proposed candidate's declaration of willingness
to serve.
-- No member of the ICMI Nominating Committee
will be eligible to the 2013-2016 ICMI Executive
Committee.
2-) CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE ICMI PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY-GENERAL
DEADLINE: APRIL 15, 2011
Please follow the following guidelines:
-- Each AO may submit one name for each of the
positions of PRESIDENT and SECRETARY-GENERAL of
ICMI.
-- All submissions should be sent via e-mail,
post or fax to the Secretary-General of ICMI (see
data below). All e-mail submissions must be sent
from the official e-mail address of the AO.
-- The deadline for reception of nominations is APRIL 15, 2011.
-- A nomination must be accompanied by the
proposed candidate's CV and declaration of
willingness to serve if elected.
3-) CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE ICMI VICE-PRESIDENTS AND MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
DEADLINE: JUNE 1, 2011
Please follow the following guidelines:
-- Each AO may submit one name for each of the
positions of VICE-PRESIDENT and MEMBER-AT-LARGE
of ICMI.
-- All submissions should be sent via e-mail,
post or fax to the Secretary-General of ICMI (see
data below). All e-mail submissions must be sent
from the official e-mail address of the AO.
-- The deadline for reception of nominations is JUNE 1, 2011.
-- A nomination must be accompanied by the
proposed candidate's CV and declaration of
willingness to serve if elected.
In order to make this election process of the
highest quality, each IMU/ICMI member country is
urged to make nominations for the positions
mentioned above.
Sincerely,
Jaime Carvalho e Silva
Secretary-General
ICMI-International Commission on Mathematical Instruction
Departamento de Matematica, Universidade de Coimbra
Apartado 3008, EC Universidade, 3001-454 Coimbra, PORTUGAL
Fax: +351-239 793 069
e-mail : jaimecs at mat.uc.pt
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4. Proceedings of the Symposium Celebrating the Centennial of the ICMI
ISTITVTO DELLA ENCICLOPEDIA ITALIANA
FONDATA DA GIOVANNI TRECCANI
The First Century of the International Commission
on Mathematical Instruction (1908-2008).
Reflecting and Shaping the World of Mathematics Education
Edited by
M. Menghini, F. Furinghetti, L. Giacardi, F. Arzarello
CONTENTS
Introduction
HYMAN BASS, Moments of the life of ICMI
JEREMY KILPATRICK, The development of mathematics
education as an academic field - Reaction by JEAN
LUC DORIER
DINA TIROSH and PESSIA TSAMIR, Intuition and
rigor in mathematics education - Reaction by ALDO
BRIGAGLIA
MOGENS NISS, Perspectives on the balance between
application & modelling and "pure" mathematics in
the teaching and learning of mathematics -
Reaction by TOSHI IKEDA
JO BOALER, The relationship between research and
practice in mathematics education: International
examples of good practice - Reaction by JOAO DA
PONTE
GERT SCHUBRING, The origins and early incarnations of ICMI
FULVIA FURINGHETTI, MARTA MENGHINI, FERDINANDO
ARZARELLO, LIVIA GIACARDI, ICMI Renaissance: The
emergence of new issues in mathematics education
BIENVENIDO NEBRES, Centres and peripheries in
mathematics education - Reaction by GELSA KNIJNIK
Panel on ICMI's challenges and future: MORTEN BLOMHØJ; MAMOKGETHI SETATI
MICHÈLE ARTIGUE, ICMI: One century at the
interface between mathematics and mathematics
education - Reflections and perspectives
BERNARD R. HODGSON, Some views on ICMI at the dawn of its second century
Short Talks (Coordinators Alan Bishop and Lee Peng Yee)
EILEEN F. DONOGHUE - The inception of ICMI: David
Eugene Smith and the founding of ICTM; ALAN
BISHOP - The past four decades: consolidation and
diversification; DEREK HOLTON - The process of
an ICMI Study: The teaching and learning of
mathematics at university level; FREDERICK K.S.
LEUNG - The significance of the ICMI Study on
mathematics education in East Asia and the West;
UBIRATAN D'AMBROSIO - ICMI and its influence in
Latin America; JILL ADLER - The development of
AFRICME; CLAUDI ALSINA - What is the impact of
hosting an ICME for the organizing country? - The
case of ICME8 in Spain; LIM-TEO SUAT KHOH - ICMI
Activities in East and Southeast Asia: Thirty
years of academic discourse and deliberations
Working Groups - Reports
BILL BARTON & FREDERIC GOURDEAU: Disciplinary
mathematics and school mathematics; DEBORAH BALL
& BARBRO GREVHOLM: The professional formation of
teachers; HILARY POVEY & ROBYN ZEEVENBERGEN:
Mathematics education and society; MARCELO BORBA
& MARIOLINA BARTOLINI BUSSI: Resources and
technology throughout the history of ICMI; GILAH
LEDER & LUIS RADFORD: Mathematics education: An
ICMI perspective.
ORDERING THE VOLUME
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5. The Teacher Development Continuum in the United States and China
Summary of a Workshop (2010)
Held in Newport Beach, California, on July
31-August 2, 2009, the workshop brought together
about 40 mathematics educators, mathematicians,
education researchers, and other mathematics
education specialists from the two countries.
There were participants from three regions of
China - Beijing, Shanghai, and Jiangsu Province
(north of Shanghai), as well as several Chinese
scholars who now work in the United States. These
experts on mathematics education discussed
professional development methods and techniques
commonly used in their countries. The workshop
summary report features invited presentations and
discussions that focus on the teacher development
process used in the U.S. and China, and how the
professional lives of teachers are structured to
receive ongoing professional development.
For More Information
Copies of The Teacher Development Continuum in
the United States and China Summary of a
Workshop are available from The National
Academies Press; call (800) 624-6242 or (202)
334-3313 (in the Washington metropolitan area),
or visit the NAP website at
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12874 .
To view the Report in Brief, please use the link
http://image.newsletters.nas.edu/lib/fef61279766502/m/1/TheTeacherDevelopmentContinuum.pdf
For more information on the project, contact
staff at (202) 334-2807 or visit the U.S.
National Committee on Mathematics Instruction
website at
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/pga/biso/ICMI/.
Ana M. Ferreras, National Academy of Sciences, AFerreras at nas.edu
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6. Calendar of Events of Interest to the ICMI Community
CERME 2011 - Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics
Rzeszow, Poland, February 9-13, 2011
http://www.cerme7.univ.rzeszow.pl/
4th International Conference on Science and
Mathematics Education in Developing Countries,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 23-25 February 2011
http://www.cambmathsociety.org/conf/HOME.html
Conference on Research in Undergraduate
Mathematics Education, February 24, - February
27, 2011, Portland, Oregon, USA
http://sigmaa.maa.org/rume/crume2011/Home.html
History of European Universities. Challenges and
transformations, Lisbon, Portugal, April 18-20,
2011
http://centenario.ul.pt/conferencias/history-of-european-universities
XIII CIAEM - Inter-American Conference on Mathematics Education
Recife, Brasil, June 26-30, 2011.
http://www.ciaem-iacme.org/
ICTMT10 - 10th International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching
University of Portsmouth, July 5-8, 2011
http://www.ictmt10.org/
FAMA - Family Math for adult learners
international conference: "Family and communities
in and out of the classroom: ways to improve
mathematics' achievement", Barcelona, Spain, July
23, 2011
http://www.mathforlive.net/fama_Conference.php
CIEAEM 63: "Facilitating access and
participation - Mathematical practices inside and
outside the classroom" / "Faciliter l'accès et la
participation - Les pratiques mathématiques à
l'intérieur et à l'extérieur de la classe",
University of Barcelona, Spain, July 24 - July
29, 2011
http://www.cieaem.net/
PME 35 - CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL GROUP
FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Ankara, Turkey, July 10-15, 2011
SEMT 11 - SYMPOSIUM ON ELEMENTARY MATHS TEACHING
Prague, Czech Republic, August 21-26, 2011
http://kmdm.pedf.cuni.cz/Default.aspx?PorZobr=7&PolozkaID=-1&ClanekID=267
16e Ecole d'été de didactique des mathématiques -
Association pour la Recherche en Didactique des
Mathématiques, Carcassonne (Aude), France, August
21-28, 2011
http://www.ardm.eu/contenu/2011-carcassonne
The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century
Project 11th International Conference, Turning
Dreams into Reality: Transformations and Paradigm
Shifts in Mathematics Education, Rhodes
University, Grahamstown, South Africa, September
11-17, 2011
http://math.unipa.it/%7Egrim/21project.htm
ECER 2011 - European Conference on Educational
Research, Berlin, September 13-16, 2011
http://www.eera-ecer.eu/ecer/ecer-2011-berlin/
ICMI Study 21 Conference
São Paulo, Brazil, September 16-20, 2011
http://www.icmi-21.com/
ATCM 2011 - 16th Asian Technology Conference of
Mathematics, 'Integration of Technology into
Mathematics Education-past, present and future',
Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey,
September 19-23, 2011
http://atcm2011.org/
Volcanic DELTA 2011, Eighth Southern Hemisphere
Conference on the Teaching and Learning of
Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics,
Rotorua, NZ, November 27 - December 2, 2011
http://www.delta2011.co.nz/delta2011/
Seventh International Conference on Science,
Mathematics & Technology Education:
Transformations through Science, Mathematics and
Technology Education - Towards an Innovative and
Sustainable Society, Muscat, Oman, February
12-15, 2012
d.fisher at smec.curtin.edu.au
EMF 2012 - Espace Mathématique Francophone, Genève, 3-7 Février 2012
http://www.emf2012.unige.ch/
ICME-12 - Twelfth International Congress on Mathematical Education
Seoul, Korea, July 8-15, 2012
http://www.icme12.org/
EARCOME6 - The Sixth East Asia Regional
Conference on Mathematics Education, Thailand,
March, 2013
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