Van 15 tot en met 19 juli 2018 heeft het Commission for the Study and Improvement of Mathematics Teaching (CIEAEM) en AISA NGO International de jaarlijkse internationale congres georganiseerd van de internationale wiskunde-onderwijs federatie. Deze vond plaats in de algerijnse kuststad Mostaganem met meer dan 26 deelnemende universiteiten van over de hele wereld onder het thema: Wiskunde en Samen Leven.  

Wat is het verband tussen wiskunde en samen leven? Welk soort wiskundeonderwijs kan bijdragen aan het samen leven in vrede? We nodigen u van harte uit dat te ontdekken en te bezinnen door te klikken op de volgende link waarin u de samenvattingen en resultaten van het congres kunt teruglezen (Engels - Frans).





 

Klik hier voor de samenvatting: http://math.unipa.it/%7Egrim/CIEAEM%2070_Pproceedings_QRDM_Issue%202_Suppl.3?fbclid=IwAR0lJSyuuTJFnMHjXMTZmFBVxnZjNhiFfZM9mtkgnGwGn9q6T5pJRoHK9_0  

U kunt hieronder ook een Engelstalige introductie over het congres vinden. 

Introduction. "Mathematics and Living Together": Why, How, What ?

The CIEAEM was created in 1950 just after the Second World War by mathematicians, psychologists, teachers from many devastated and war-ravaged countries in Europe, all faced with major difficulties in the teaching of mathematics, reconstruction of society and even entire countries: lack of teachers, materials, and many refugees, displaced persons and orphans.

Leading figures such as Piaget, Choquet, Gategno, Dieudonné, and later Krygowska, Freudenthal and Castelnuovo, gathered to reconsider the teaching of mathematics in the light of these events.
From the beginning the founders of CIEAEM tried to restore the « Living together » by working with German teachers and mathematicians and in 1953 the meeting of the Commission took place in Germany in Calw.

The current situation in the world has several points in common with that of the post-war period, and Europe is confronted with problems quite similar to those at the time of the creation of CIEAEM. Living together has become a necessity. It is a challenge for education in general and the teaching of mathematics in particular.

What is living together ?

Problematic

To live together is to do together: how can we rethink mathematical education for a “better living together”? Can mathematics courses not be an opportunity to confront mathematical thinking and / or to learn by exchanging between pupils, pupils and professors, between teachers, both mathematics and also the art of living together? to evolve together through speech and reasoning?

On the other hand, what positive impact for living together can mathematics have in human society and not just in the classroom? This can be achieved by the students, actors of today and citizens of tomorrow, by the influence they can have on their family by modifying their behavior, by mathematical actions outside the walls of schools and universities.

From its history, CIEAEM is a european creation. However, the particular scheme of CIEAEM has increasingly attracted participants from other parts of the world. Their views and concerns occupy an ever- growing part of CIEAEM activities and open up exciting – and also worrying – perspectives on mathematics education as a global enterprise. CIEAEM faces the challenge of exchanging and sharing views, of offering aid and of co-operating in solutions without imposing Euro-centric views, and without fostering cultural alienation. The experience of CIEAEM is that mutual understanding, human and professional esteem, and an honest and attentive discourse can overcome these risks. The seriousness of the work, the "family"-character of the meetings, and the continuity of contacts have all proved to be assets of CIEAEM. 

Today: The 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals2 are part of the curricula of many countries. Of these, the following five objectives are more particularly related to education.

To live together is to work together.

Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries.

Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
Goal 17. Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.

together is to do together. What could be the contribution of mathematics?

Some questions about Mathematics and Living Together from the CIEAEM Manifesto

•   How to create appropriate social conditions to establish a teaching and learning practice guided by principles of social justice and equity ?

•   Who benefits from and whose interests are served by mathematics education today - is there a major change compared to 50 years ago ?

•   How to make the society aware that mathematics education could promote accountability and give full scope to a democratic vision to establish new forms of social contracts, communications, and discourse ?

•   Given that mathematics education is a powerful tool in basic democratic virtues: How to empower people to think critically and to adopt critical attitudes ?

•   How could mathematics education emphasise more the development of judgement and wisdom than of particular skills ?

•   Given the ubiquity of poverty and violence in a major part of the world, can co-operation in the field of mathematics education contribute anything to alleviate this situation ?

•   How can communities with different political, cultural, and social conditions find ways to learn from each other more productively ?

(Bron: http://www.cieaem.org/?q=system/files/2nd%20annoucement%20CIEAEM%2070.pdf)