International Congress of Mathematics, Engineering and Society - ICMES 2009

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Abstract and paper Submission

The full paper may be submitted in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish. The full paper must be sent by e-mail (ICMES2009@pucpr.br) in PDF format as according to EMSC2009_Template.pdf or EMSC2009_Template.doc files. The body of this e-mail must contain an abstract written in the English language describing the objectives, the methodology and the main conclusions in no more than 200 words. It should not contain either formulae or mathematical deductions and it must contain title, authors, address to contact and principal area of interest - listed above.

1) The Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Education in Mathematics

• Mathematical formalism
• The history of mathematics techniques
• Didactic teaching and teaching practices - innovation
• Secondary to Tertiary Education transition
• e-learning

2) Mathematics and new technological challenges

• Teaching-research links, advanced and emergent mathematics
• Engineer-mathematician links
• Engineer-inventor/innovator links
• Epistemology and ethics

3) Stakes in mathematics education for the societies 

• Mathematics and daily life
• The hidden mathematics
• Psychology and cognition
• Engineer insertion, job market
• Ethnomathematics

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