The organisers of this conference have asked me to let everyone know that the
deadline for abstracts has been extended to 25 November - Pam
2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS
(at the undergraduate level)
July 1 - 6, 2002
Island of Crete, Greece
http://www.math.uoc.gr/~ictm2
****** FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS ******
SCOPE:
The 2nd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics will provide a
unique and centralized forum and bring together faculty members from countries
with varied educational systems who are committed to introducing innovative
teaching methods and new pedagogies. The conference will be of great interest
to mathematics faculty as well as to anyone involved in the teaching and
learning of mathematics.
CONFERENCE THEMES:
The conference presentations will be centered around the following themes :
Educational Research: Results of current research in mathematics education and
assessment of student learning. Access and equity.
Technology: Effective integration of computing technology (Calculators,
Computer Algebra Systems, WWW resources) into the undergraduate math curriculum.
Innovative Teaching Methods: Innovative ways of teaching undergraduate
mathematics courses such as cooperative and collaborative teaching; writing in
mathematics.
Curricula Innovations: Revisions of specific courses and assessment of the
results.
History of mathematics; innovative applications; project driven curricula.
Preparation of Teachers: Trends in teacher education; changing needs of
teachers.
Mathematics and Other Disciplines: The effects of changes in the teaching of
mathematics on other fields; the needs of client disciplines; interdisciplinary
courses.
Distance Learning: Distance learning technologies (networking, tele-education)
for teaching and learning mathematics. Current hardware/software delivery
media; educational materials. Visions for the future.
Format of Proposals/Deadlines:
Contributed papers will be twenty-minute presentations. Proposals for papers
and poster sessions should contain:
a) an identification of the proposal as an oral or poster presentation;
b) title and names of authors (full address and e-mail of the contact author);
c) a one page abstract.
Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit full papers,
for a peer-review process and inclusion in the Conference Proceedings.
Submission guidelines, deadlines and procedures are posted on the Web site.
Submission of proposals/abstracts (received by): NOVEMBER 25, 2001
Submission of full papers (peer-reviewed): January 30, 2002
For the latest information about the conference, please visit and bookmark the
site: http://www.math.uoc. gr/~ictm2
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Pam Bishop, Assistant Director
LTSN Maths, Stats & OR Network
School of Mathematics and Statistics [log in to unmask]
The University of Birmingham tel 0121-414 4800
Birmingham B15 2TT fax 0121-414 3389
The Maths, Stats & OR Network is part of the Learning and Teaching
Support Network, which provides discipline-based support for
learning and teaching in UK universities.
More information can be found at http://ltsn.mathstore.ac.uk
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