The programme for the forthcoming event "Mathematical Thinking: An Interdisciplinary Workshop" has been announced. At the event (sponsored by the Nuffield Foundation, the British Academy and Routledge) speakers from four disciplines (education, mathematics, philosophy and psychology) will speak on topics related to the nature and development of mathematical thinking. Details of speakers and their talks are given below. For full details of location, times and how to register, go to the workshop website.
Keynote Talks:
Alexandre Borovik (Manchester)
Mathematical thinking as experienced by a mathematician.
Peter Bryant (Oxford Brookes)
The importance of relations in children's mathematical development.
Marcus Giaquinto (UCL)
The importance of visual thinking in mathematics.
Terezinha Nunes (Oxford)
Are fractions too difficult for primary school children?
David Tall (Warwick)
How individuals develop mathematical thinking.
Contributed Talks:
Patrick Barmby, Tony Harries & Steve Higgins (Durham)
Representational-reasoning model of understanding: Implications and applying it to multiplication.
Darina Jirotkova (Charles Univ Prague) & Graham Littler (Derby)
The concept building process in 3D geometry.
Sergiy Klymchuk (Auckland Univ of Technology)
Popularising mathematical thinking: A personal experience.
Ladislav Kvasz (Charles Univ Prague / Comenius)
On the interplay of symbolic and iconic representations in mathematical thinking.
Daniela Rudloff (Leicester)
Supporting arguments with statistical information.
Zbigniew Semadeni (Warsaw)
Deep intuition as a level in the development of the concept image in D. Tall's three worlds of mathematics.
Ruth Stavy, Dina Tirosh & Reuven Babai (Tel Aviv)
Brain activity during problem solving in geometry.
Anne R. Teppo (Bozeman) & Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen (Utrecht / Humboldt)
Mathe-didactical analysis; a crucial component of task design.
Anne Watson (Oxford)
Mathematical thinking in adolescence: Possible shifts of perspective.
Oleksiy Yevdokimov (Southern Queensland)
On some characteristics of mathematical thinking in advanced problem solving.