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EDUCATION II/ ÉDUCATION II
Teaching Mathematics - Why We Do What We Do in the Classroom? /
L'enseignement des mathématiques - Pourquoi fait-on ce qu'on fait en classe?


(Org: William Higginson, Morris Orzech and Grace Orzech)

George Gadanidis (Durham Board of Education) If Piaget was a math teacher -- Theoretical images, classroom practice and the power of students' minds


William Higginson (Queen's University) Having, knowing, and being: some fundamental questions about mathematics teaching


Lynn McAlpine and Cynthia Weston (McGill University) How six outstanding math professors use reflection to improve their teaching


Pat Rogers (York University) The importance of why: encouraging students to reflect


Nathalie Sinclair (Queen's University) Romancing powerful mathematical ideas