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How national societies can influence at the national level suitable policies for mathematics?. Prof. Dr. Günter Törner. 19.11.2014. 1. Necessary, but not sufficient. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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How national societies can influence at the national level suitable policies
for mathematics?
Prof. Dr. Günter Törner 19.04.23
19.04.23Prof. Dr. Günter Törner
Excellent research in main fields of mathematics and visibility of national authors in international journals as well
conferences.
1. Necessary, but not sufficient
19.04.23Prof. Dr. Günter Törner
Regard mathematics education as a mathematical subdomain, something like ‘applied mathematics’ with
interdisciplinary features, with nontrivial problems and non-canonical solutions.
2. Mathematics education
19.04.23Prof. Dr. Günter Törner
Mathematics education requires appreciation and acknowledgement, last not least support from the
mathematicians.
3. Support
19.04.23Prof. Dr. Günter Törner
The personal in mathematics education is as good as the mathematicians let them be qualified. As soon as the
mathematics educators are not supported the mathematics community, they will build coalitions with professors from
faculties of education, we are loosing valuable influence on the relevant research topics; consider whether it is possible to
offer them a special PhD title.
4. Staff
19.04.23Prof. Dr. Günter Törner
Encourage mathematics educators to publish results in English! Seek contacts to the Committee of Education in
EMS; please invite them to get in contact with your national boards.
5. English as a research language
19.04.23Prof. Dr. Günter Törner
a.ME is integrated in your society, why not offer the mathematics educators a permanent seat in your EC? Highly recommended!
b.ME is represented by a separate learned society: Then you should have joint declarations, discussion boards, also a joint conference after 3-4 years, joint commissions on questions of teacher education, the transition problem as well as curriculum.
6. Mathematics education and your national math community
19.04.23Prof. Dr. Günter Törner
In case of political declarations, there should be only ONE voice in a country.
7. ‘Voice of mathematics’
19.04.23Prof. Dr. Günter Törner
We should be aware (even in Germany) that our mathematical societies need partners since the math
learned society/ies are not large enough to have sufficient influence; e.g. often the learned society of physicists have comparable goals, hence we are friendly communicating,
sending invitations to our meetings and inform them about our agenda of our meetings.
8. Think bigger
19.04.23Prof. Dr. Günter Törner
We should be aware (even in Germany) that mathematics and mathematics education needs friends, e.g. sponsoring by
foundations and NGO etc.
9. FoME – Friends of mathematics education
19.04.23Prof. Dr. Günter Törner
Contacts are often lived by persons, not primarily by institutions. Thus, usually there is a change of persons, try to
convince the new personal to continue. Invite your cooperating partners to a dinner at the previous evening of
your annual conference.
10. Humans, not only organisations should cooperate
19.04.23Prof. Dr. Günter Törner
Thank you
10. Humans, not only organisations should cooperate
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