Conferences
CAS (Computer Algebra Systems) Conference
Northfield, Illinois (New Trier High School near Chicago) Saturday June 28 - Sunday June 29, 2008
Computer algebra systems (CAS) have the potential to revolutionize
mathematics education at the secondary level. They do for algebra & calculus what calculators do for arithmetic: simplifying expressions, solving equations, factoring, taking derivatives, and much more! CAS grants teachers new freedom. Come explore the future of mathematics education! * Discover how secondary and middle school teachers are using CAS in their
own classrooms. *Get classroom tested lesson ideas developed for CAS-enhanced classroom
environments.
* Learn what other countries are doing with CAS.
For more information or questions contact:
Dan Hall at [email protected]
OR Ilene Hamilton at [email protected] International Congress on Mathematical Education – 11
Monterey, Mexico
July 6-13, 2008
http://www.icme11.org.mx/icme11/
Between 3000 and 4000 professionals from 100 countries in the mathematics education area, including researchers, educators and teachers will gather. The International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME) aims to: 1) Show what is happening in mathematics education worldwide, in terms of research as well as teaching practices 2) Inform about the problems of mathematics education around the world 3) Learn and benefit from recent advances in mathematics as a discipline. International Rural Sociology Association – XII World Congress
Goyang, Korea
July 6-11, 2008 http://www.irsa2008.org/
Theme: Envisioning Prosperous Rural Future in Globalizing World AP Annual Conference 2008
Seattle, Washington July 16–20, 2008
www.collegeboard.com/apac
Sheraton Seattle Hotel and Washington State Convention and Trade Center World-renowned plenary speakers—Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, known for his theory of multiple intelligences. Public intellectual Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University, writer and producer of the PBS
documentary "African American Lives." Linda Darling-Hammond, the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University and Director of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future.
The Algebra Project – 25th Annual Conference
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS July 24-29, 2008
http://www.algebra.org/conferencerfp.php
The Algebra Project (AP) national conference seeks to engage youth and adult participants in facilitated small and large group discussions, working sessions, and interactive activities. The overall goal of the conference is an intensive evaluation of the requirements and strategies needed to create a Quality Public
School Education for all students. Anticipated outcomes also include networking among participants and organizations present towards mobilization of the resources for the future work of the Algebra Project and its partners.
The Algebra Project Inc., 99 Bishop Allen Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139, Tel. 617-491-0200 Rural Sociological Society
Manchester, NH July 28-31, 2008
http://ruralsociology.org/
Theme: Rural Sociology as Public Sociology
Public sociology is about being in dialogue with groups in civil society, including conversation over goals and values. We want to recognize, celebrate, and
interrogate the rural-sociological engagement with diverse publics over the years and currently. This theme is a way of focusing on rural sociology's roots and wings - where we've been and where we're heading.
National Rural Education Association
San Antonio, TX October 27-29, 2008 http://www.nrea.net
Conference Theme: NREA, Opening a New Century of Rural Education. Contact NREA website or email [email protected]
MSERA (Mid-South Educational Research Association)
Knoxville, TN
November 5-7, 2008
www.msera.org
The annual meeting of MSERA will be at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Knoxville. The regional research association includes member states of Kentucky,
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas in addition to Tennessee. Individuals from other states are welcome to participate. The Call for Papers is available at the organization's web site. DEADLINE for online submission of proposals is June 27.
Cost of the conference (registration includes membership for 2009) is $35 for students who are MSERA members and register prior to Oct. 1, $55 for students who are not members and register prior to Oct. On-site registration for students is $50 for members and $75 for non-members. Registration includes the
Wednesday luncheon and the reception on Thursday evening
AAMTE (Appalachian Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators)
Williamsburg, KY November 7-8, 2008
This is a conference for improving all aspects of teaching mathematics. The organization has members in OH, KY, WV, TN, NC and VA.
The Appalachian Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators has recently set up a web site using ClubExpress, a new and powerful Internet tool for managing clubs and associations. One of the features of ClubExpress is an online
membership database, which includes all contact and renewal information as well as an online member directory and many other features. If you were
previously a member, your membership information has already been loaded into this database and an account has been created for you. To access the club's web site and your account, go to http://AAMTE.clubexpress.com
You should have received a user name and temporary password in an email. If you have any questions about the membership process or your account, call the ClubExpress toll-free hotline at 1-866-HLP-CLUB (457-2582). You can also contact the Treasurer: [email protected]
Speaker proposal deadline is July 1
ISFIRE (International Symposium for Innovation in Rural Education)
University of New England, Australia
February 2009
http://simerr.une.edu.au/
The symposium will be hosted by the National Centre for Science, ICT and Mathematics Education in Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR Australia) with support from the NURI-TEIC research centre, Kongju National University, South Korea. Website includes a Call for Papers. Within the overall context of rural education, ISFIRE 2009 will have eight themes: 1. Promoting Policy Initiatives 2. Nurturing Teacher Experience 3. Enhancing Student Experience/Growth 4. Building School Community 5. Responding to Cultural Diversity 6. Optimizing Curriculum 7. Improving Resourcing 8. Addressing Special Issues
Contact: Dr. Terry Lyons Associate Director, Science Education National Centre of Science, ICT and Mathematics Education for Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR Australia) email: [email protected] au AMTE
Orlando, FL
February 5-7, 2009
http://www.amte.net This is the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics
Teacher Educators. Calls for proposals and pre-session workshops are on the website. NCTM Washington, DC April 22-25, 2009 www.nctm.org/ Theme for 2009: Equity: All Means All
Message Board We received the following messages from …. : ….. Lindsey Jorgenson
I am working on my masters thesis in secondary math education and the focus I have is place-based education, environment, and culture in the math classroom. I have looked around your website a lot and wondered if you have any data showing the positive impacts of teaching with place. Any current findings would be fantastic!
Thank you so much!
NOTE – Our reply told about the work of work of Jerry Lipka and the Yup'ik elders in Alaska and suggested checking out an ACCLAIM working paper available at: http://www.acclaim-math.org/resworking.aspx
We mentioned current work involving a qualitative study of math
instruction with connections to the community. The study's main purpose is to describe the struggle and the dilemmas of doing this sort of work, not its effects. Place-based instruction does not, almost by definition, have a "manipulability package" that can be "tested" and "brought to scale." Lindsey replied …
That's awesome! I have really enjoyed reading through the work you guys are doing! It's amazing. I agree with your focus as well on looking at the struggles and dilemmas. That seems to be what I'm finding with my review of the
literature. I also understand that the curriculum, if that's what you can call it, has to be specific to the place. I am wondering...in general what types of findings are you getting in relation to how teachers enjoy this type of teaching? Do you find they are more engaged as well as the students? Do they have time to do it all?
NOTE: Look for upcoming ACCLAIM working papers for some answers to Lindsey’s questions.
….. Jeremy Zelkowski (ACCLAIM Cohort 2) [email protected]
Be on the lookout for an article that Dr. Bob Mays and I wrote. It is supposed to appear in a late summer issue of the Mathematics Teacher. Did you notice the March article by Matt Pascal from WVU?
,,,,, Landrea (ACCLAIM Cohort 3) [email protected]
I am still trying to process where I go from here with my essay review. I will aim for publishing in the Fall issue.
NOTE: The theme of Landrea’s work is that math is evident in ordinary everyday life, not just in the professional lives of naturalists, engineers, scientists, physicians, and other such "elevated beings." This is especially relevant to ACCLAIM work. We look forward to her work.
….. and are hoping to hear more from them and others.