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- Public Lecture
- Plenary and Panel Speakers
- Working Group 1: Teaching Geometry Effectively with Dynamic Software
- Working Group 2: Mathematics for Active Citizenship
- Working Group 3: Popularization of Mathematics
- Working Group 4: Learning in the Presence of Technology
- Working Group 5: Making it Interesting
- Working Group 6: Mathematics and Intuition
- Working Group 7: Education of Elementary School Teachers: Goals and Challenges
- Working Group 8: The Needs of Industry in a Mathematical Education
- Working Group 9: Educating Secondary Mathematics Teachers
- Working Group 10: Mathematics Teacher Training, Algebra, and Teacher Shortages
- Working Group 11: Teaching Mathematics to Aboriginal Students: the Importance of Building on the Aboriginal Cultural Differences
- Working Group 12: In-Service Secondary Teacher Education
- Working Group 13: Rethinking Math Thinking in Secondary Maths Classes
- Working Group 14: The Visual at the Core of Mathematics
- Working Group 15: Teaching Mathematics at College Level
- Working Group 16: Preparation for University Engineering and Science Courses
| Public Lecture |  |
- Jean-Marie De Koninck - Le plaisir des mathématiques
| Plenary and Panel Speakers | |
- Hyman Bass and Deborah Ball - A practice-based theory of mathematics knowledge for teaching
- Going to the Second Forum
- Jean-Pierre Kahane - Est-il bien utile d'enseigner les mathématiques?
- Frederick Leung - Do East Asian Teachers Teach Better?
- Opening
- Panel, moderated by Tom O'Shea - Presentation of Regional Situations
- How to Bring the Ideas of the Forum to the Public?
- Ravi Vakil, Corinne Jetté, André Deschênes and Kanwal Neel - Panel: Mathematics in the Modern School: Goals and Challenges
| Working Group 1: Teaching Geometry Effectively with Dynamic Software | |
- Ysbrand De Bruyn, Gila Hanna and Margaret Sinclair - Teaching Geometry Effectively with Dynamic Software
| Working Group 2: Mathematics for Active Citizenship | |
- Nadine Descamps-Bednarz, Geoff Roulet and Richard Pallascio - Mathematics for Active Citizenship
| Working Group 3: Popularization of Mathematics | |
- Katherine Heinrich - Changing Attitudes: Developing an Appreciation of Mathematics
- Ron Lancaster - How to involve teachers in popularization of mathematics?
- David Reid and Ralph Mason - Making mathematics appealing
| Working Group 4: Learning in the Presence of Technology | |
- Jonathan Borwein, France Caron and Tom Steinke - Learning in the Presence of Technology
| Working Group 5: Making it Interesting | |
- Sandy Dilena - How to Interest Students in Statistical Thinking?
- Yvan Saint-Aubin and Christiane Rousseau - Mathematics and Technology
- Nathalie Sinclair - Software for Learning: Tools for Developing Mathematical "Pulsation"
| Working Group 6: Mathematics and Intuition | |
- Brent Davis, Gary Flewelling, and Klaus Hoechsmann - Mathematics and Intuition
| Working Group 7: Education of Elementary School Teachers: Goals and Challenges | |
- Malgorzata Dubiel, Claude Gaulin and Caroline Lajoie - Education of Elementary School Teachers: Goals and Challenges
| Working Group 8: The Needs of Industry in a Mathematical Education | |
- Bradd Hart, Rick Caron and Scott Davis - The Needs of Industry in a Mathematical Education
| Working Group 9: Educating Secondary Mathematics Teachers | |
- Elaine Simmt, Luis Radford and Harley Weston - Educating Secondary Mathematics Teachers
| Working Group 10: Mathematics Teacher Training, Algebra, and Teacher Shortages | |
- Carolyn Kieran, George Gadanidis and Tom Salisbury - Mathematics Teacher Training, Algebra, and Teacher Shortages
| Working Group 11: Teaching Mathematics to Aboriginal Students: the Importance of Building on the Aboriginal Cultural Differences | |
- Edward Doolittle - Teaching Mathematics to Aboriginal Students: the Importance of Building on the Aboriginal Cultural Differences
- Corinne Jetté, Jim Barta and Dawn Wiseman - Until the Numbers Dance: Indigenous Cultures, Educational Perspectives, Science and Mathematics
- Louise Poirier - Mathematics and Aboriginal Culture
| Working Group 12: In-Service Secondary Teacher Education | |
- Olive Chapman, Bill Higginson and Lesley Lee - In-Service Secondary Teacher Education
| Working Group 13: Rethinking Math Thinking in Secondary Maths Classes | |
- Edward Barbeau, Denis Tanguay and Peter Taylor - Rethinking Math Thinking in Secondary Maths Classes
| Working Group 14: The Visual at the Core of Mathematics | |
- Shirley Dalrymple, Lily Moshe, Anna Sierpinska and Walter Whiteley - The Visual at the Core of Mathematics
| Working Group 15: Teaching Mathematics at College Level | |
- Dave Lidstone, Marie Blain and Vincent Papillon - Teaching Mathematics at College Level
| Working Group 16: Preparation for University Engineering and Science Courses | |
- George Bluman, Philip Loewen, Maureen Tingley and Ross Willard - Preparation for University Engineering and Science Courses