From University Mathematics to Mathematics Education :

Le 13 septembre 2021 à 14:00 - Visioconférence

Présentée par WINSLOW Carl - Université de Copenhague

The real numbers as a key challenge in upper secondary teacher education

Upper secondary mathematics teacher education was the context in which Felix Klein formulated his famous second discontinuity problem (beginning with his 1872 inaugural lecture at Erlangen). This problem exists today in much the same form, and consists in the gap between the mathematical education delivered in universities, and the task of teaching in (high) schools. The problem has probably even widened today. Here, we shall focus on one central mathematical object - the real number system - and on what can be done at University to develop students’ relationship to this object so that it is both grounded in present-day mathematics, and adapted to the needs of teaching in present-day high schools. In particular we will attend to the role of computer tools and programming in both contexts.