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The 10th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education (CERME10) was held in Croke Park, Dublin from February 1st – February 5th. In total 468 papers were presented across the 5 days with delegates from 52 countries in attendance. EPI●STEM was represented at CERME 10 as both Dr Ciara Lane and Dr Niamh O’Meara presented their current work at the conference. Dr Ciara Lane worked in Topic Working Group 8: Affect and Mathematical Thinking and in this group she presented a paper entitled Students’ Image of Mathematics: The Role of Parents’ Occupation. Dr Niamh O’Meara worked in Topic Working Group 20: Mathematics Teacher Knowledge, Beliefs and Identity and in this group she presented a paper entitled Is Teacher Knowledge Affecting Students’ Transition from Primary to Second Level Mathematics Education? Dr Patrick Johnson, a lecturer in the School of Education at UL also attended and presented at CERME10. He worked in Topic Working Group 6: Applications and Modelling and presented a paper entitled Examining the Role of Group Work as an Effective Instructional Strategy when Teaching Problem Solving. All three papers were very well received by conference delegates and the feedback from other members of the TWGs was extremely positive. The authors are currently reviewing this feedback and changes are being made to the aforementioned papers before they are submitted for publication in the official conference proceedings.
The University of Limerick conferred a third cohort of graduands of the Professional Diploma in Mathematics for Teaching (PDMT) on Saturday 21st January 2017. This year 187 teachers graduated from the two-year part-time programme, which was initiated in 2012 by government contract. As registered post-primary teachers and graduates of the programme, they are deemed by the Teaching Council to have met the Council’s requirements for Mathematics.
The Minister for Education and Skills who was unable to attend this year’s ceremony extended his congratulations to graduates of the Professional Diploma in Mathematics for Teaching stating that he recognises the dedication and hard work of each person who has completed this challenging programme. The Minister also acknowledged the commitment to the programme of the National Centre for STEM Education at the University of Limerick and the alliance partners in the project. He thanked sincerely all those involved in its success stating that the programme and its graduates make a vital contribution towards our ambition for Ireland to be a world leader in providing STEM education.
The PDMT is fully funded by the Department of Education and Skills as part of the national strategy to support the implementation of Project Maths and improve standards in mathematics education in post-primary schools by upskilling out-of-field teachers of mathematics, Project Maths and the requirements of the Teaching Council.
The TEMI project formally finishes at the end of July 2016. The UL team is holding a TEMI National Conference on Tuesday June 7th in UL. This will give an opportunity to bring back TEMI teachers from all 6 cohorts to meet each other but also to share their work with other science teachers and stakeholders. The conference will include talks on showmanship by Paul McCrory and Tilman Andris and a Science Fair, where the TEMI teachers will display their work.
A limited number of spaces will be available for teachers who have not been part of the project. If you are interested in attending please send an email to Peter Childs at peter.childs@ul.ie. There is no charge for the conference, which will run from 10 am to 4 pm in the Main Building at UL. Refreshments and lunch will be provided.
At the end of the project the teaching resources created by the Irish team and the TEMI teachers will be made available on Google Drive to all interested science teachers – you will just have to register on the site. Details will be given at the conference and in the next issue of SCIENCE and Chemistry in Action! and on the EPI*STEM website. The UL team is also planning to offer TEMI Workshops to ISTA Branches in the next school year as part of our dissemination process.
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