[cmath] Dr. Peter Liljedahl, Winner of the Margaret Sinclair Memorial Award

[Zainab Coovadia]

2018 - Dr. Peter Liljedahl, of Simon Fraser University, is this year's
recipient of the Margaret Sinclair Memorial Award Recognizing Innovation and
Excellence in Mathematics Education. 

The adjudication committee were struck with the reach of Peter's innovations
across all sectors of the mathematics education community. Writers of
supporting letters attested to his excellence as a teacher; the value of
Peter's support of mathematics educators K - 12, and Peter's contributions
to providing opportunities for all students to achieve, observe, and
experience mathematics in a thoughtful and significant way.  As one support
letter noted: "I have been witness to Peter's positive influence at all
levels of mathematics education: elementary, secondary, undergraduate,
graduate, postdoctoral, and teacher education." 

Now Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at Simon Fraser University, Peter
Liljedahl began his career in mathematics education as a Mathematics and
Physics teacher for grades 8 - 12 at a school in Vancouver. Peter's research
interests are as wide-ranging as his influence: creativity and discovery in
mathematics teaching and learning; affect; beliefs; classroom practice;
professional growth of teachers; numeracy; instructional design, assessment
in mathematics; student learning behavior (studenting); interactions between
students in collaboration; teacher tensions; building thinking classrooms. 

It is Peter's work on building thinking classrooms for which he is most
recognized across the mathematics education community, and the terms
"visibly random groupings" and "vertical non-permanent surfaces" have
reached mathematics educators far and wide. Part of his reach is through
hundreds of research papers, articles, books, book chapters, seminars, and
presentations. 

His leadership within mathematics education organizations includes the
Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group, the British Columbia Association
of Mathematics Teachers, and the International Group for the Psychology of
Mathematics Education. His support of mathematics education includes
editorial responsibilities for the International Journal of Science and
Mathematics Education, Education Studies in Mathematics, The Canadian
Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education. Yet, many attest
to his generosity, approachability, and general attentiveness to the needs
of his students, colleagues, and the larger mathematics education community.
"Far from being an ivory tower academic, Peter is involved in the
mathematics education community at a grass roots level," says his nominator.


 

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