Mathematics Education Forum
October 31, 2015, 11AM – 3PM
University of Ottawa, 145, Jean-Jacques-Lussier Private, Ottawa
Theme: Enactivist methodology in mathematics education research
(See the recent issue of ZDM, Volume 47(2), to read about the contributors’ work)
11:00 – 11:15
Reports: OAME, OMCA, OCMA, CMESG, CMS, and other.
11:15 – 11:55 (15 minutes input, followed by discussion and questions)
Input:
David A Reid (via Skype)
Title:
Key concepts in enactivist theory and methodology
Bio: David A. Reid is a professor of Mathematics Education at Acadia University in Canada
and Universität Bremen in Germany. He has been interested in enactivism as a theory of
learning and a methodology for many years. His other research interests include proof and
proving in mathematics education and comparative perspectives on mathematics pedagogy.
11:55 – 12:45 (Two inputs of 10 minutes input, followed by 10 minutes conversation between the
presenters, followed by 20 minutes general discussion)
Input 1:
Joyce Mgombelo
Title:
Accounting for both the subject (observer) and the object in mathematics
education research: Enactivist approach
Bio: Joyce Mgombelo is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at Brock
University. Her research program focuses on: mathematics cognition; identity; and ethicsbased on principles of human cognition. This work is developed from the theoretical
perspectives of enactivism, complexity science and psychoanalysis.
Input 2:
Jérôme Proulx
Title:
From problem-solving to problem-posing
Bio: Jerome Proulx is a professor at UQAM. His current research program focuses on mental
mathematics and the study of solvers’ mathematical activity from an epistemological point of
view.
12:45 – 1:30
LUNCH BREAK (Light refreshments provided)
1:30 – 2:20
(Two inputs of 10 minutes input, followed by 10 minutes conversation between the
presenters, followed by 20 minutes general discussion)
Input 1:
Laurinda Brown
Title:
Implications of enactivism for teaching mathematics
Bio: Laurinda Brown works at the University of Bristol, UK. One of her research interests is
how mathematics teachers learn to do what they do. She was a mathematics teacher for 14
years and has been a mathematics teacher educator for 28 years.
Input 2:
JF Maheux
Title:
Analysing mathematical activity from an enactivist perspective
Bio: JF Maheux is a professor at UQAM. He investigates mathematical activity from an
epistemological perspective informed by philocophical, historical, social, phenomenological
and didactical analysis.
2.20 – 3.00
General discussion
3:00 ADJOURNMENT