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Plenary and Panel Speakers / Conférenciers principaux


HYMAN BASS AND DEBORAH BALL, Department of Mathematics and Department of Educational Studies, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA
A practice-based theory of mathematics knowledge for teaching
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Teachers face problems and use mathematics in ways that are distinctively different from other mathematically-intensive professions such as engineering, physics, economics, or nursing. The problems that teachers have to solve demand flexible use of fundamental mathematical ideas, and fluency with mathematical representation, language, and reasoning. We argue that careful analysis of actual teaching practice can offer insights into the mathematical demands of teaching. Such insights can usefully ground improvements in the design of mathematics learning opportunities for both preservice and experienced teachers. This session will engage participants in firsthand experience with some of the mathematical problems that arise in teaching, and will also offer possible directions for new designs for teacher education.

GOING TO THE SECOND FORUM, Theme V, Panel 1
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Going to the Second Forum: how to increase the collaboration of mathematics educators across educational and across provincial boundaries / Vers le second Forum

Facilitator/Modératrice: Katherine Heinrich (University of Regina)

Panelists:

  • Bernard Hodgson (Secretary General of ICMI (CIEM) and Université Laval) Should we consider a Canadian subcommission for ICMI? / Devrions-nous avoir une sous-commission canadienne pour la CIEM?

  • John Grant McLoughlin (University of New-Brunswick) How to have closer connections between universities and school teachers?

  • Stewart Craven (District-wide Coordinator, Mathematics/Numeracy, Scarborough) How teachers associations could decide to collaborate more closely?

Bernard Hodgson, Université Laval, Secrétaire général de la CIEM

Résumé : Les statuts de la Commission internationale de l'enseignement mathématique (CIEM/ICMI) prévoient que chaque pays membre peut former une Sous-commission pour la CIEM afin de soutenir les échanges avec la Commission. À ce jour une quinzaine de pays se sont prévalus de cette possibilité. Des tentatives ont déjà été faites dans le passé à ce sujet au Canada, mais qui n'ont pas abouti. La question se pose donc s'il y aurait lieu de relancer un tel projet. Il convient d'examiner cette question tant du point de vue des bénéfices potentiels pour le Canada et la CIEM qu'en termes de la composition, du mandat et de la place dans le contexte éducatif canadien d'une éventuelle Sous-commission canadienne pour la CIEM.

JEAN-PIERRE KAHANE, Université de Paris-Sud
Est-il bien utile d'enseigner les mathématiques?
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On n'a plus besoin d'apprendre à faire des multiplications, ni à ré soudre des équations, ni à représenter des fonctions: les calculatrices sont là, et le font mieux que nous! On n'a plus besoin de cours de mathé matiques: de bons logiciels d'enseignement font l'affaire!

Oui mais... Est-il encore utile de réfléchir, de raisonner, d'affronter l'inconnu? Ne sera-ce pas de plus en plus utile au cours de l'existence des enfants d'aujourd'hui? Comment préparer les jeunes à un avenir impré visible? Les mathématiques peuvent-elles y contribuer? Fournissent-elles, à la fois dans leur permanence et dans leur mouvement, des éléments de repères à la fois fiables et mobiles? Les professeurs n'ont-ils pas une importance nouvelle? On s'efforcera de donner plus de poids à ces interrogations qu'aux exclamations qui précè dent.

FREDERICK LEUNG, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong
Do East Asian Teachers Teach Better?
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East Asian students have consistently out-performed their counterparts around the world in international comparisons of mathematics achievement. Can the high achievement be explained by better teaching in the East Asian classroom? This lecture attempts to portray the mathematics teaching in the East Asian classroom, using data from the recently published TIMSS 1999 Video Study and a small-scale comparative study in Hong Kong and Korea. The lecture points to the potential of cultural factors as the underlying reasons for classroom practice and student achievement in East Asia.

OPENING
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PANEL, MODERATED BY TOM O'SHEA
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ALAN BERNARDI, Directeur Général des Innovations Technologiques, Bell Canada
Plenary Response
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HOW TO BRING THE IDEAS OF THE FORUM TO THE PUBLIC?, Theme V, Panel 2
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How to bring the ideas of the forum to the public? How to raise awareness of the importance of learning mathematics in schools? / Comment amener les conclusions du Forum jusqu'au public?

Panelists:

  • Isabelle Blain (Vice-president, NSERC)

  • Ivar Ekeland (Professor, UBC)

  • Véronique Morin (Radio-Canada, President of Canadian Association of Science Writers)

  • Heather Sokoloff (The National Post)

RAVI VAKIL, CORINNE JETTÉ, ANDRÉ DESCHÊNES AND KANWAL NEEL, Stanford, Concordia Native Access Engineering Program, Petit Séminaire de Québec, British Columbia Association of Mathematics Teachers
Panel: Mathematics in the Modern School: Goals and Challenges
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Ravi Vakil: Enrichment

A significant minority of students are receptive to enrichment of some sort in mathematics: they are bright, keen, and willing to be inspired. For such students (as with others), math teachers can be a life-changing influence. I will discuss the following important questions: What precisely should we be telling students seeking enrichment? Should we be giving them depth or breadth? Inspiration or knowledge? Specific tools, or fuzzy "big pictures"? Are competitions good? Are puzzles bad? I may also describe some of the extra-curricular programmes set up for high school students, both here and in other countries, and relate some of the good ideas that people have tried.


Corinne Jetté: Mathematics Education for Aboriginal Students


André Deschênes: À l'heure de la réforme

L'Éducation au Québec est en pleine effervescence. Le Ministère de l'Éducation vient tout juste de présenter un nouveau programme de l'École québécoise largement axé sur les thèses socioconstructivistes. Implanté au primaire depuis quelques années, le nouveau programme sera obligatoire au premier cycle du secondaire dès septembre 2004. L'enseignement des mathématiques, comme des autres disciplines, sera modifié de façon importante et les ordres d'enseignement supérieurs, collégial et universitaire, auront des ajustements importants à opérer. Voilà tout un défi pour les toutes personnes qui enseignent les mathématiques. Un avenir sombre ou ensoleillé?!


Kanwal Neel: How does a teacher make their math class interesting and improve numeracy?

Numeracy is Not just Numbers. One must teach Number Sense, Spatial Sense, Statistical Sense, and Sense of Relationship; Use Multiple Intelligences to teach and learn numeracy; Make students communicate their thinking and reasoning for any incorrect answers; Encourage discussion of mental strategies within the curriculum, puzzles and games which require logical thinking; Rehearse and provide development time for memorizing the "basic facts"; Activate Prior Knowledge and integrate Problem Solving; Connect Numeracy with Literacy and other subjects; You need to create a classroom atmosphere where the students feel secure, take risks in their learning and extend their learning potential. Always have a POSITIVE attitude!!!

 


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