ACAL - Australian Council for Adult Literacy
12th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-12)
to be held July 8-15, 2012, Coex, Seoul, Korea --- http://www.icme12.org/
Topic Study Group 5: Mathematics education in and for work
Call for papers
The aim of TSG 5 at ICME-12 is to bring together researchers, practitioners and policy makers in mathematics education, adult education, workplace education, adult numeracy education, citizenship education, social movement education - for the exchange of ideas related to mathematics education in and for work.
We view mathematics to be inclusive of the formal academic discipline of mathematics as well as the range of practices in which mathematics is embedded.
We view education to be inclusive of formal, informal and non-formal learning, that is, in education settings (e.g. adult community education, vocational and further education) as well as in the community and workplaces; and both individual and collective learning.
We view work to be inclusive of paid work and unpaid work such as work in the home, and activist work in social movements.
The focal topics will include empirical, theoretical and methodological issues related to questions like:
- How is mathematics embedded in work practices; what is this mathematics like and how is it learned?
- What mathematics do people learn in preparation for work?
- How is mathematics/ numeracy valued for and in employment in different societies?
- How does the mathematics taught and learned for work differ/match the mathematics used in work?
- How does the mathematics learning in and for work meet people's mathematical needs in other domains of their lives?
We hope to see exchanges of ideas and information from people working on these and related topics from different theoretical perspectives, in different policy and cultural contexts. The purpose is to develop rich and critical insights into what might be meant by 'mathematics in and for work'.
To join the group:
The organizing team welcomes significant contributions related to the topics outlined here and to other related issues. Participants are requested to submit proposals for a paper to the two team chairs not later than November 1, 2011 via e-mails. The length of contributions should be between 1500 and 2000 words in length. The final paper to be presented may be longer than this.
Important deadlines:
November 30, 2011 Proposal submission
January 15, 2012 Notification of acceptance
April 10, 2012 Submission of Final Draft
The schedule for the work of the study group at ICME-12 will be announced in the near future.
Team co-chairs:
Tine Wedege (Sweden) - tine.wedege@mah.se
Keiko Yasukawa (Australia) - keiko.yasukawa@uts.edu.au
Team Members:
Corinne Hahn (France) hahn@escp-eap.net
Ok-Kyeoung Kim (US) ok-kyeong.kim@wmich.edu
Rudolf Strässer (Germany) Rudolf.Straesser@math.uni-giessen.de
Geoffrey Wake (UK) geoffrey.wake@nottingham.ac.uk
Liaison:
Morten Blomhoej blomhoej@ruc.dk