TSG 14: Innovative approaches to the teaching
of mathematics
Team Chairs
Claudi Alsina, Department of Mathematics, ETS Arquitectura Barcelona,
Technical University of Catalonia
Address: Diagonal 699, E-8028 Barcelona, Spain
Claudio.Alsina@upc.es,
dgu.dursi@gencat.net
Anne Watson, Mathematics Education, Department of
Educational Studies, University of Oxford
Address: 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY, United Kingdom
anne.watson@educational-studies.oxford.ac.uk
Team Members
Marcos Cherinda, Mathematics Department, Pedagogical University,
Mozambique
mcherinda@hotmail.com
Urs Kirchgraber, Department of Mathematics, ETH-Zürich,
Switzerland
kirchgra@math.ethz.ch
Wong Khoon Yoong, Mathematics and Mathematics
Education, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore
kywong@nie.edu.sg
Aims and Focus
The aim of this group is to present some methods for teaching mathematics which can be described as ‘innovative’ when compared to exposition-and-exercise, dominant use of textbook or programmed published materials. In the sessions, participants will experience methods for themselves, perhaps by doing some mathematics, and discuss the nature of learning in such environments. The methods presented will be generic, that is they can be used with a wide range of topics, and the presentations will relate them closely to specific content. The group aims to be a showcase for ‘cutting-edge’ thinking about ways of teaching mathematics which may take a range of learning theories into account. The emphasis will be on the learning possibilities presented by pedagogic techniques. There will be no paper presentations, nor will it be a showcase for commercial materials, ‘tips for teachers’, or individual lesson ideas. Papers which contribute to this focus will be reviewed and, if accepted, displayed on the website and/or distributed at the sessions. The possibility of a publication will be discussed at the conference.
Call for Papers
Papers (which should be written in English) will be reviewed and accepted for ‘presentation by distribution’ on the website and/or at the sessions, subject to the authors’ attendance. The final date for submission of papers will be March 1st (note this is later than the date proposed by the ICME organisers). They should be sent to Anne Watson in electronic form and will be reviewed by the TSG organising team.
Papers should address the aims and focus described above, and in addition should refer to underlying theory on which the teaching is based, and evidence from practice and/or research about its value. Papers should be a maximum of 5 pages in 12pt Times. Further guidelines about style will be issued to those whose papers are accepted.
Note that there has already been considerable interest in this group, so even if a paper conforms to the aims and is well-written and scientifically sound, we may still have to restrict what we accept in order to represent the whole field. We are particularly interested in receiving papers about work and projects which have not been extensively reported in research journals.
Potential authors are invited to contact us early with an outline of their proposed paper if they would like early feedback.
Practical
Information
Please contact the group organiser for information
Programme
The programme of presentations to take place during the sessions is already at an advanced stage of planning. We are interested in hearing about outstanding work and presenters who might fit with our aims, but already have more than enough to fill the time. More details will be given in due course but it is expected that there will be presentations of teaching methods relating to mathematical thinking, investigation, chanting, discussion, deep understanding, interactive techniques which relate to mathematical structure, and so on …. from a variety of countries. There will be time for discussion of issues arising.
Papers
and Discussion Documents
Author | Title - download as pdf |
Anne Watson | |
Karin Brodie | Teaching mathematics and social justice: multidimensionality and responsibility |
Denise Grenier | Research situations for teaching: a modelling proposal and example |
Gary Flewelling | |
Cécile Ouvrier-Buffet | “RESEARCH” AS A WAY OF LEARNING NEW CONCEPTS: THE PARTICULAR CASE OF CONSTRUCTING DEFINITIONS |
Binyan Xu | |
Megan Staples | |
John Mason | |
Marcus Vinicius Maltempi | LEARNING VORTEX, GAMES AND TECHNOLOGIES: A NEW APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS |
Xu Liquan | Briefing on MM Education Way, a New Way of Mathematics Teaching |
Khoon Yoong WONG | |
Anne Watson | Dance and mathematics: power of novelty in the teaching of mathematics |
Asuman Duatepe | |
Malcolm Swan | |
Luo Qiu jia | |
Walter G Spunde | |