Conference on innovation in the mathematical training of teachers

From 30 September to 2 October 2021, the virtual conference on innovation in mathematics teacher training was held. These first conferences marked the start of the final congresses of the ANFoMAM project.

The conference was organised by the partners of the Public University of Navarra and the University of Bordeaux and counted with the collaboration of Ana Millán Gasca (Roma Tre University) and Elena Gil Clemente (University of Zaragoza and Sesdown). 143 people from different parts of Spain and Latin America registered: 90 active teachers or trainers and 53 students in teacher training.

The congress was divided into three sessions and was followed, live and recorded, by 1150 teachers from all levels of education (mainly pre-school and primary), 422 of whom completed a final reflection through a questionnaire. In addition, 193 teacher training students from Roma Tre submitted a free final reflection paper.

Thursday, 30 September:

• Inauguration of the Conference. Ines Gabari (Decana de la Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y de la Educación de la UPNA).
• How to use a story to work on arthmetics. Inmaculada Lizasoain (Universidad Pública de Navarra)

Friday, 1 October:

• An alternative use of the calculator to innovate the teaching of mental arithmetic in primary school. Valentina Celi (Universidad de Burdeos)

Saturday, 2 October:

• Solving arithmetic problems: what representations can help us?(Statements y representations). Raquel García Catalán (Universidad Pública de Navarra).
• Conclusions and closing. Ana Millán Gasca (Universidad Roma Tre) y Elena Gil Clemente (Universidad de Zaragoza y Sesdown).

Dissemination and training conference. The transformative power of mathematics in children: encounter, communication, change of perspective

From 4 to 6 November 2021, the virtual dissemination and training conference on the transformative power of mathematics in children were held.

The conference was organised by the partners of the University of Zaragoza and the SESDOWN association, and it was focused on the exchange of ideas on "inclusive mathematics", which offers mathematics as an opportunity for all students.

The congress was divided into three sessions.

Thursday, 4 November:

• Inauguration of the Conference. Elena Gil Clemente (Presidenta de SESDOWN y Universidad de Zaragoza)
• Mathematics, common ground. Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón (Universidad de La Rioja)
• Thematic workshops on mathematics. Multimedia guide for children with intellectual disabilities. Elena Gil Clemente (Presidenta de SESDOWN y Universidad de Zaragoza)

Friday, 5 November:

• Round table: The transformative power of mathematics in education. Alicia Bruno (Universidad de La Laguna); Salvador Llinares (Universidad de Alicante); Antonio Oller (Universidad de Zaragoza); Manuel de León (CSIC); Milagros Izquierdo (Universidad de Linköping)

Saturday, 6 November:

• Astronauts in space workshop. Equipo SESDOWN
• Workshop on learning to compare: the ratio between numbers and the ratio between magnitudes. Elena Gil Clemente (Presidenta de SESDOWN y Universidad de Zaragoza)
• Mathematics for human flourishing. Francis Su (Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, EEUU)
• Closing. Elena Gil Clemente (Presidenta de SESDOWN y Universidad de Zaragoza)

Training conference. Mathematics together: challenge, confidence, enthusiasm.

From 25 to 27 November 2021, the training conference  'Mathematics together: challenge, trust, enthusiasm' were held virtually by Tokalon association and Roma Tre University.

The aim of this last congress was to transmit the desire to teach mathematics by moving from fear or paralysing worries to the impulse to devise activities that take advantage of the educational power of mathematics.

The congress was divided into three sessions.

Thursday, 25 November: Mathematics on the children's side

• Listen together to the music of mathematics. Anna Cerasoli (mathematician and writer, author of "Vacanze matematiche", Feltrinelli 2021)
• Current challenges in training to teach mathematics to children: confidence, ideation, autonomy. Ana Millan Gasca (Roma Tre University)
• Living lights by Mary Everest Boole and Marcel Jousse: body, mind, knowledge in children's experience. Federica Arlotti (Centre for Pedagogy of Expression "The Ark in the Forest"), with the participation of Gabriella Agostini, Laura Bartoletti and Valentina Tinelli.

Friday, 26 November: Measurement and Life: The Story of Mamma Khanyi and the pots. Francesca Neri y Ana Millan Gasca

Saturday, 27 November: Playing with maths at school

• How do teachers working with children see mathematics? Paola Magrone (Roma Tre University)
• Investigating presence: images of teachers and mathematics. Fulvia Subania
• Mathematics, a bridge between school and university. Saverio Tortoriello (University of Salerno)
• Playing with mathematics to learn how to teach it. Luca Dell'Aglio (University of Calabria).
• Mathematics in the Museum "Il Giardino d'Archimede" and in the series "In the world of numbers". Enrico Giusti
• Mathematics workshop "Thinking and playing with shapes". Maria Cristina Migliucci (Tokalon Association)
• Mathematics for all. A return to the game between pupils and teachers. Luigi Regoliosi (Tokalon Association)