International Workshop:
Setting a Collaborative Mathematics Education
Research Agenda for Africa and the United States
organized by
The Quality Education
for Minorities (QEM) Network and
The African Mathematical
Union Pan African Mathematics Olympiad (AMUPAMO)
in collaboration with The Republic
of Senegal
Supported by the
National Science Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation
July 31 –
August 1, 2006
Dakar, Senegal
Monday, July 31
AM
7:30 Registration
and Continental Breakfast Room B-12
8:00 Opening
Plenary: Welcome and Review of Workshop Agenda and Packet
Shirley
McBay, President, QEM Network
8:15 Keynote
Address: Mathematics Achievement in Africa
Speaker: Jan Persens
Director,
International Relations
University
of the Western Cape
Cape
Town, South Africa
8:45 Plenary
Session Panel I:
Topic: Key
Issues in Pre-college Education in Africa and the United States:
Mathematics
Curricula, Mathematics and Culture, and Identifying/
Nurturing
Mathematical Talent, including Students Gifted in Mathematics
Moderator: Monica Mitchell
Associate
QEM
Network
Washington,
DC
Panelists:
Emeritus
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
Ain
Shams University
Cairo,
Egypt
Chair,
Mathematics Department
Cape
Fear High School
Fayetteville,
North Carolina
9:45 Break
Monday, July 31 (continued)
AM
10:00 Opening
Ceremony of PAMO 2006 and International Workshop
Welcome
Moustapha Sourang,
Nouzha
El Yacoubi, President, AMUPAMO
Mamadou Sanghare, Chair, Departement de Mathematiques et Informatique
Universite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal
Shirley
McBay, President, QEM Network
11:00 Coffee
Break
11:30 Plenary
Session Panel II: Room
B-12
Topic: Key
Issues in College/University-level Mathematics Education:
Teacher
Preparation in Mathematics, Freshman-level Mathematics, and
Identifying/Nurturing
Mathematical Talent at the College Level
Moderator:
Nouzha El Yacoubi
AMU
Secretary General, AMUPAMO President, and Professor
Faculty
of Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Informatics
University
Mohamed V, Rabat-Agdal
Rabat,
Morocco
Panelists:
Assistant
Professor of Mathematics
Spelman
College
Atlanta,
Georgia
Director,
Direction des Inspections et de la Formation
des Personnels de l 'Education
Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso
Former
Minister of Higher Education, Ivory Coast, and
Professor
of Mathematics
University
of Cocody-Abidjan
Abidjan,
Ivory Coast
PM
12:30 Lunch
1:30 Keynote
Address: Africa-U.S. Collaboration
in Mathematics Education Room B-12
Speaker: Juma
Shabani
Director,
UNESCO Office
Harare,
Zimbabwe
2:00 Break
2:15 Two
Concurrent Sessions – Topics
One and Two
Topic
One: Barriers to Student Mathematics Achievement, Room
B-12
Including
Language, at the Pre-college and College Levels
Moderator:
Josephine
Davis
Professor of Mathematics
Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley, Georgia
Panelists:
Sam
O. Ale
Director,
National Mathematics Centre
Abuja,
Nigeria
President,
Benjamin Banneker Association, and
Associate
Professor of Mathematics Education
North
Carolina State University
Raleigh,
North Carolina
Associate
Professor of Mathematics Education
University
of Witwatersrand
Johannesburg,
South Africa
Topic
Two: The Role of Culture in the
Teaching and Room C-05
Learning
of Mathematics
Moderator: J. Arthur Jones
Senior
Associate
QEM
Network
Washington,
DC
Panelists:
Chair,
Sciences de l ÔEducation
Ecole
Normale Superieure de Casablanca
University
Hassan II
Casablanca,
Morocco
Associate
Professor of Mathematics
University
of the Virgin Islands
St.
Thomas, Virgin Islands
Lecturer
in Mathematics Education
Makerere
University
Kampala,
Uganda
Associate Professor, Mathematics and Mathematics Education
Department of Urban Education, and
Associate Director, Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning
Rutgers
University
Newark,
New Jersey
3:15 Coffee
Break
Monday, July 31 (continued)
PM
3:30 Two
Concurrent Sessions – Topics Two (repeated) and Three
Topic
Two: The Role of Culture in the
Teaching and Room
C-05
Learning of Mathematics
Topic
Three: Mathematics - The
Gateway for Careers in Science, Room B-12
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Moderator: Akry Koulibaly
Professor
University
of Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso
Panelists:
Professor
Ashesi University
Accra,
Ghana
Advisor
to the Minister
Ministry
of Science and Technology
Maputo,
Mozambique
Director,
Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
Institute
for Information Technology Applications
U.S.
Air Force Academy
Colorado
Springs, Colorado
4:30 Break
4:45 Reports
from Concurrent Sessions -
Topics One, Two, and Three
Facilitator: Shirley McBay
President,
QEM Network
Washington,
DC
5:45 Adjournment
6:30 Reception
Tuesday, August 1
AM
9:00 Plenary
Session Room B-01
Keynote
Address: Africa-U.S.
Collaborations in Mathematics Education:
Who
are the potential stakeholders?
What
are their appropriate roles?
Speaker: C. Herbert
Clemens
Chair,
Developing Countries Strategy Group
International
Mathematical Union, and
Professor
of Mathematics, Ohio State University
Columbus,
Ohio
9:30 Plenary Discussion:
Setting
a Collaborative Mathematics Education Research Agenda
Moderator: Karen King
Associate
Professor of Mathematics Education
New
York University
New
York, New York
10:15 Coffee Break
10:30 Two
Concurrent Sessions – Topics Four and Five
Topic
Four: Preparing Teachers of Mathematics Room B-01
Moderator: Josephine Davis
Professor of Mathematics
Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley, Georgia
Panelists:
Vice
President, International Commission on Mathematical Instruction, and
Professor
of Mathematics Education
University
of Witwatersrand
Johannesburg,
South Africa
Professor
of Mathematics
University
of Arizona
Tucson,
Arizona
Associate
Professor of Mathematics Education
University
of Georgia
Athens,
Georgia
Tuesday, August 1 (continued)
AM
10:30 Two
Concurrent Sessions – Topics Four and Five (continued)
Topic
Five: Prioritizing a Collaborative
Mathematics Education Room C-05
Research
Agenda
Moderator: Daouda Sangare
Mediator
of PAMO 2006
Professor
and Chair, Mathematics Department
University
of Abobo-AdjamŽ
Abidjan,
Ivory Coast
Panelists:
Director,
Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
Institute
for Information Technology Applications
U.S.
Air Force Academy
Colorado
Springs, Colorado
Associate
Professor of Mathematics Education
New
York University
New
York, New York
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