An Invitation to join us for our 2011 South African conference…. Why?
First
The history of Rhodes university and Grahamstown - the beautiful countryside - the wine and food and hospitable people - the unique atmosphere of culture, cuisine and spectacular nature.
Second
The chance to meet mathematics educators from all over the world (44 countries in our last conference) working at the frontier of innovation and presenting their new ideas in the teaching of mathematics, statistics, informatics and science.
Third
A conference dedicated to meeting together and working for the betterment of mathematics education world-wide. This means working with and for our students and fellow-teachers.
Fourth
A chance to find out more and work with the international SuperCourse and DQME3 Projects which have writers and writing teams world-wide to produce what we hope will be super materials for students and teachers of mathematics, in many languages including Arabic, English, Polish, Italian and German.
Fifth
To see and discuss the most recent technology useful for the teaching of mathematics. On display will be our two major sponsors - CASIO graphic calculators (with Class Pad 300) and AUTOGRAPH software, as well as other helpful technology for the teaching of mathematics.
Sixth
To participate in a programme specially designed to be useful and practical. In addition to many varied and interesting papers and two Plenary addresses by prominent mathematics educators, there will be Workshops, small and personal Working Groups, and the Creative Forum of Ideas.
Seventh
There will be a Special Teachers Programme throughout the week at which local teachers will be meeting and mingling with conference participants throughout the week.
Eighth
To meet, talk, work, eat and drink with old and new friends and colleagues from around the world in a relaxing and beautiful environment. To enjoy the Welcome Reception and Gala Dinner together and also a full-day Excursion to see the world renowned Addo Elephant Park Natural Reserve.
Ninth
To support a strong environmental and sustainability sub theme, engaging local expertise in making bags, using environmentally friendly resources such as cups, paper, and incorporating environmental advocacy and awareness issues within our programme, etc. We are also planning to include the option of offsetting our travelling carbon foot prints by planting an MEC21 forest!
We hope to see you in Grahamstown in September 2011!
Dr. Alan Rogerson
Professor Marc Schafer
Professor Fayez Mina
Professor Dr. Ludwig Paditz
Mgr Margaret Fryska
Update: Plenary Speakers
We are delighted to report that Plenary Addresses are now planned for Prof. Dr. Ludwig Paditz from Germany and Professor Ubiratan D’Ambrosio from Brazil.
Update: December 29, 2010: please note the NEW account details for payment of the fees and also the new deadline for proposals, plus new members of the LOC. Other changes are also highlighted in yellow for clarity!
First Announcement and Call for Proposals
Last Updated December 29, 2010
The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project
together with
Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
are proud to announce our
11th International Conference of The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project
Turning Dreams into Reality: Transformations and Paradigm Shifts in Mathematics Education
September 11–17, 2011
Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
in cooperation with
MUED, DQME II, DQME3, MAV, MERGA, IOWME, AAMT, Wholemovement, Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik (GDM)
The Hong Kong Institute of Education
Major Sponsors
CASIO www.casio-europe.com Autograph www.autograph-maths.com
The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century project, in partnership with Rhodes University (http://www.ru.ac.za/), warmly welcomes you to our 11th International Conference on: Turning Dreams into Reality: Transformations and Paradigm Shifts in Mathematics Education, to be held from Sep11-17, 2011, in the heart of the beautiful countryside of South Africa. The conference will open with an evening Welcome Reception on Sunday, Sep 11 and will finish with lunch on Saturday, Sep 17. There will be an additional social programme for accompanying persons. The chairman of the Local Organising Committee is Professor Marc Schafer of Rhodes University. For ALL further conference details and updates please email .
Our Invitation: “Come and Join us in the Heart of Southern Africa”
Our conferences are renowned for their friendly and productive working atmosphere and are attended by innovative teachers and mathematics educators from all over the world – for example 44 countries were represented at our 2009 conference in Dresden, Germany. The conference in South Africa follows on from our ten previous Project Conferences held in the following places: next to the pyramids in Cairo in 1999, in the historic Holy Land in Jordan in 2000, a country retreat in Poland in 2001, where the Great Barrier Reef meets the rain forest in Australia 2001, on the coast of Sicily in 2002, in Brno, the historic capital of Moravia, Czech Republic in 2003, in Ciechocinek, a spa town in Poland in 2004, in Malaysia overlooking the Straits of Johor in 2005, in the scenic surroundings of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA in the New World in 2007 and in the historic splendour of Central Europe at Dresden in 2009.
The Conference is organised by the Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project – an independent international educational initiative whose coordinators are Dr. Alan Rogerson (Poland/UK), Professor Fayez Mina (Egypt), Professor Dr. Ludwig Paditz (Germany) and Mgr. Maria Fryska (Poland). Since its inception in 1986, the Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project has received support and funding from many educational bodies and institutions throughout the world. In 1992 UNESCO published our Project Handbook "Moving Into the 21st Century" as Volume 8 in the UNESCO series Studies In Mathematics Education.
The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project is dedicated to the improvement of mathematics education worldwide through the publication and dissemination of innovative ideas and materials. Many prominent mathematics educators have supported and contributed to the project, including the late Hans Freudental, Andrejs Dunkels and Hilary Shuard, as well as Bruce Meserve and Marilyn Suydam, Alan Osborne and Margaret Kasten, Mogens Niss, Tibor Nemetz, Ubi D’Ambrosio, Brian Wilson, Tatsuro Miwa, Henry Pollak, Werner Blum, Roberto Baldino, Waclaw Zawadowski, and many others throughout the world.
Information about our project and future work can be found on the following webpages. Our Project Home Page: http://math.unipa.it/~grim/21project.htm leads directly to the paper proceedings of all previous conferences. Filippo Spagnolo, of Palermo University, is webmaster for the above site. Andreas Filler at http://www.afiller.de/charlotte07 has a photo album of our Charlotte Conference and also at http://www.ph-heidelberg.de/wp/filler/ciecho04/index.htm of our Ciechocinek Conference. For the Brno conference there is also a local Website with all English and Czech papers at http://www.math.muni.cz/matheduconf.sept2003 For our Polish Superkurs Home Page and National Planning Meetings webpage see: www.cdnalma.poznan.pl (in Polish - but with pictures!)
How did our conferences start?
In the 1970s and 1980s a series of annual conferences were organized by the CIEAEM in Europe. They were distinguished by their friendly, relaxed and informal programme (including an Open Forum of Ideas) and the fact that the conferences were always held in one (usually beautiful) place. Those early CIEAEM Conferences were the model for our own Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project Conferences. Our conferences are renowned for their friendliness and successful informal working atmosphere that has been highly appreciated by participants in our previous 10 conferences, according to their feedback. Our conferences always try to meet in a beautiful place, so that the relaxing and supportive atmosphere will stimulate us to work hard together. Grahamstown, South Africa will be just such a place: a historic and charming small town in the heart of the spectacular South African countryside
The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project has the following National Representatives: Dr. Jean Michel Hanna Egypt, Dr. Reda Abu-Elwan Oman, Assistant Professor Othman Alsawaie UAE, Professor Noor Azlan Ahmad Zanzali Malaysia, Professor Angel Balderas Mexico, Dr. René Berthelot France, Dr. Cinzia Bonotto Italy, Gail Burrill USA, Professor Indira Chacko India, Prof Dr.Erik De Corte Belgium, Prof. Dr. Franco Favilli Italy, Professor Gunnar Gjone Norway, Professor Doctor Gunter Graumann Germany, Pam Hagen Canada, Dr. Marjorie Henningsen Lebanon, Dr. Hanan Innabi Jordan, Professor George Malaty Finland, Prof Dr. Ivan Meznik Czech Republic, Willy Mwakapenda Malawi/South Africa, Dr. Maria Luisa Oliveras Spain, Chris Ormell UK, Lionel Pereira-Mendoza Canada, Dr. Medhat Rahim Canada, Dr. Fatimah Saleh Malaysia, Dr. Maher Y. Shawer USA, Professor Anthony Sofo Australia, Dr. Filippo Spagnolo Italy, Teresa Vergani Portugal, Professor Derrick Young South Africa, Professor Wacek Zawadowski Poland.
SuperCourse
An International Initiative - SuperCourse - began work in 2001 and now has writing teams and writers throughout the world. Our First International Conference for SuperCourse was held in June/July 2001 in Zajaczkowo, Poland. National Polish SuperCourse meetings have been held every year after 2002 in Ciechocinek, Poland and work is ongoing internationally for SuperCourse. A Resources Book in English and in Arabic has already been published by the SuperCourse Arabic Group in Cairo. Two years draft text books have been completed in Poland in 2003 and testing has been ongoing throughout 2004-10 in Poland and in Germany, Hungary and the UK as part of two European Union Comenius Projects: Developing Quality in Mathematics Education (DQME I) and DQME II. We look forward to continuing this work with our writing teams after 2010 linked to the EU Comenius Continuation Network Project DQME II in the form of a project called DQME3.
DQME3
The European Union Comenius Continuation Project: DQME II (Developing Quality in Mathematics Education) (2007-2010) follows on from the original DQME I project (2004-2007) which produced lots of materials and new ideas for learning and teaching mathematics in the classroom. The continuation project was designed to disseminate these materials and methods throughout the 11 partner countries. Please look at our Project Webpage http://www.dqme2.eu/ for further information (in 10 languages) on the History and Development of the DQME projects. It was the main objective of DQME I and II that we produce, translate and disseminate as much new and useful material as we can in all partner countries.
The work of these two projects will be continued after 2010 in the DQME3 project. There has already been a very positive response to the invitation to join DQME3 from more than 100 friends and colleagues throughout the world.
A special international meeting to establish DQME3 and to fully discuss it's future work in cooperation with other countries outside the EU was held from June 29 to July 2, 2010 in Ciechocinek, Poland. Please contact for full details of this meeting, including the preliminary position papers and a report of the meeting itself. The next international meeting of DQME3 will be held during the Grahamstown Conference. Participants are warmly invited to attend these special sessions and to join us in the future DQME3 work.
South Africa 2011 Conference Committees
International Program Committee
Coordinators of the Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project
Dr. Alan Rogerson, Mathematics in Society Project (UK/Poland).
Prof. Dr. Fayez Mina, Professor Emeritus, Ain Shams University (Egypt).
Prof. Dr. Ludwig Paditz, Dresden University of Applied Sciences (Germany).
Mgr. Margaret Fryska, CDN ALMA (Poland).
Prof. Khaled Abuloum, University of Jordan (Jordan).
Prof. Roberto Baldino, UNESP (Brazil).
Dr. Andy Begg, Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand).
Dr. Donna F. Berlin, The Ohio State University (USA).
Prof. Dr. Werner Blum, University of Kassel (Germany).
Prof. Ubiratan D'Ambrosio, Campinas/UNICAMP (Brazil).
Prof. Bruno D'Amore, University of Bologna (Italy).
Prof. Dr. Tilak de Alwis, Southeastern Louisiana University (USA).
Prof. Dr. William Ebeid, Emeritus Professor, Ain Shams University (Egypt).
Prof. Paul Ernest, University of Exeter (UK).
Dr Hanan Innabi, UAE University (UAE).
Dr. Madeleine J. Long, Hunter College, City University of New York (USA).
Prof. Nicolina Malara, University of Modena (Italy).
Prof. Lionel Pereira Mendoza, Educational Consultant (Canada).
Prof. Dr. Ivan Mezník, Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic).
Prof. Dr. M. Ali M. Nassar, Institute of National Planning (Egypt).
Prof. Angela Pesci, University of Pavia (Italy).
Prof. Dr. David Pugalee, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (USA).
Prof. Medhat Rahim, Lakehead University, Faculty of Education (Canada).
Prof. Marc Schafer, Rhodes University (South Africa).
Prof. Filippo Spagnolo, University of Palermo, Sicily (Italy).
Prof. Dr. Alicia Villar Icasuriaga, IPA, Montevideo (Uruguay).
Dr. Arthur L. White, The Ohio State University (USA).
Prof. Noor Azlan Ahmad Zanzali, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (Malaysia).
Prof. Wacek Zawadowski, Siedlce University (Poland).
Local Organizing Committee
Chairman:
Prof. Marc Schafer, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Varonique Sias, Project Manager: FRF Mathematics Education Chair, Rhodes University
Carolyn Stevenson-Milln, Conference Manager, Rhodes University
Prof Mellony Graven (FRF Numeracy Chair, Rhodes University) 2011: currently:
Dr Bruce Brown (HOD, Education Dept Rhodes University)
Dr Rose Spanneberg (Director, Rhodes University Mathematics Education Project (RUMEP) )
Dr Kenneth Ngcoza (Education Dept, Rhodes University)
Lise Westaway, Rhodes Education Dept
Bruce Brown, HOD, Rhodes Education Dept
Andrew Pinchuck, Rhodes Mathematics Dept
Prof Werner Olivier, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Dr Tulsi Morar, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project serves as an international forum for both researchers and teachers. Innovation is our major objective and this includes special interests such as: maths for living, humanizing maths education, equity and ethno-mathematics, the effective use of new educational technology in the classroom, adopting new and more effective paradigms, etc. Our accumulated experiences are represented in the previous ten volumes of our conference proceedings (in addition to our UNESCO handbook). There are now more than 45 years of research-in-action represented in our project's work - including the vast didactic innovations of SMP and other UK projects in the 1960s and 1970s, national initiatives in Germany, Holland, Scandinavia, Australia, Brazil, etc in the 1970s and 1980s, and many other major innovative projects throughout the world. Our Project has tried to learn as much as possible from as many people as possible with the aim of implementing their innovative ideas in the teaching of mathematics, science, statistics and informatics in schools and higher education. The scientific underpinning of our project’s work owes much to the seminal works of creative thinkers such as Polya, Kuhn, Lakatos, Wittgenstein, Freire and D’Ambrosio.