The Sheffield Hallam University Geogebra Institute People of
The Sheffield Hallam University Geogebra Institute
People of the Sheffield Hallam University Geo. Gebra Institute • Professor Hilary Povey Hilary is Professor of Mathematics Education in the Mathematics Education Centre (MEC). She will support the development of workshops for teachers and of curriculum materials for schools and HE. She will explore possibilities of conducting Geo. Gebra related research, particularly school-based action research associated with accreditation at Masters and/or doctoral level. • Dr Mark Dabbs (Chair) Mark is a Senior Lecturer in the Mathematics Education Centre (MEC). He will develop materials that use Geo. Gebra to illustrate concepts in mathematics and to enrich students’ engagement with the HE mathematics education curriculum. He will also assist colleagues in developing their own materials using Geo. Gebra and will aim to widen the Geo. Gebra user community by developing and maintaining a local Geo. Gebra website. He will also aim to establish an annual conference at Sheffield Hallam University dedicated to the usage of free mathematical software in which Geo. Gebra will play a central role.
People of the Sheffield Hallam University Geo. Gebra Institute • Sue Elliott Sue is a Principal Lecturer in the Mathematics Education Centre (MEC). Sue will support workshops for teachers and the development of curriculum materials for schools and HE. • Dr Neil Challis, Dr Harry Gretton and Dr Jeff Waldock Neil is Head of Mathematics, and Jeff and Harry are Principal Lecturers in the Department of Mathematics (SHUMaths). They will develop materials that use Geo. Gebra to illustrate concepts in mathematics and to enrich students’ engagement with the HE mathematics curriculum. They will also assist colleagues in developing their own materials using Geo. Gebra and will aim to widen the Geo. Gebra user community by disseminating the results at suitable events and through our local Geo. Gebra website.
Activities and Goals of the Sheffield Hallam University Geo. Gebra Institute • Training and Support The Geo. Gebra Institute of Sheffield will offer professional development opportunities for local teachers. These will be workshops for teachers in the use of the software for teaching mathematics in secondary schools. The cost of these courses will be covered by the schools. It will continue to engage initial secondary mathematics teacher education students in the use of the software both for their own mathematical development and in their practice teaching. It will offer support in the form of relevant curriculum materials.
Activities and Goals of the Sheffield Hallam University Geo. Gebra Institute • Development and Sharing The Sheffield Geo. Gebra Institute will actively develop materials both for classroom use in school and for use in higher education institutions. It is envisaged that these materials will be used to help students interactively explore topics in mathematics and will act as conversation pieces to stimulate discussions with peers and with tutors. These materials will be shared with users via a dedicated website (as well as on the Geo. Gebra site) which it is hoped will help form a community of practice within the region in the use of Geo. Gebra.
Activities and Goals of the Sheffield Hallam University Geo. Gebra Institute • Research and Collaboration The Institute will seek collaboration with the other HE colleagues in the region. We will explore the possibilities for HE related workshops. We will explore the possibility of offering Masters level accreditation for a Geo. Gebra related module based on action research in schools and seek finding for a part-time doctoral bursary. We will encourage such research students to present at BSRLM and to play an active part in the Institute.
Activities and Goals of the Sheffield Hallam University Geo. Gebra Institute • Certification We do not envisage offering certification initially. This decision will be reviewed at the end of the first year. In the meantime, the possibility of certification will be canvassed with participating teachers.
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