Discussion Groups

Discussion Groups gather delegates wishing to discuss a challenging, controversial, or emerging issue or dilemma of interest with an international or regional audience in a genuinely interactive way. The IPC considers Discussion Groups to be integral to fostering international collaboration.

The IPC expects that Discussion Groups will be proposed by a group of scholars from at least three different countries in at least two different regions of the world, ensuring that Discussion Groups appropriately promote discussion and sharing between mathematics educators from different countries. The regions are: USA and Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, Oceania, Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Proposals should include information about the Coordinators of the Discussion Group, the name of the Discussion Group as it should appear in the ICME-16 program, and a description of the theme, anticipated aims and a rationale. The focus of a Discussion Group should not repeat the broad areas covered in the Topic Study Groups. There will be two 90-minute sessions devoted to Discussion Groups at ICME-16. They do not involve invited speakers, or a call for papers.

Coordinators of Discussion Groups will get the ICME-16 Guidelines to plan the sessions and prepare information about the group for the ICME-16 Program. During the Congress, the Coordinators will facilitate the work. Following the Congress, the Coordinators will provide a short report of the sessions held, the outcomes, and any recommendations that emerged. The report will be included in the Post-Congress Proceedings of ICME-16. Coordinators may also consider whether and how the Discussion Group might work towards a publication (paper, journal article, monograph etc.), for which they will be fully responsible. 

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