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Bernard Hodgson has informed me that a new ICMI study has been launched,
this one co-chaired by our own Gila Hanna. This includes a call for
contributions. See details below.<br>
Best wishes for the new year.<br>
peter.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">It is my pleasure to inform you
that a new ICMI Study is now underway:<br>
<br>
<font size=4><b>ICMI Study 19:<i> Proof and proving in mathematics
education<br>
</i></b></font> <br>
The two co-chairs for this Study are Gila Hanna, University of Toronto,
Canada, and Michael de Villiers, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South
Africa.<br><br>
The Discussion Document is now available in PDF format (including a call
for contributions) in the "Related Links" section of the study
website (which is still under construction but functional):<br><br>
<a href="http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/ocs/index.php?cf=8">
http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/ocs/index.php?cf=8</a> <br><br>
Please widely disseminate this information in your community and stress
the following<br>
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<b>DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS: <i> June 30, 2008<br>
</i></b></font><br><br>
The Study conference will be held on May 10-15, 2009 in Taipei,
Taiwan.<br><br>
The other members of the International Programme Committee are:<br>
Ferdinando Arzarello (Italy); Tommy Dreyfus (Israel); Viviane
Durand-Guerrier (France); Hans Niels Jahnke (Germany); Fou-Lai Lin
(Taiwan); Annie Selden (USA); David Tall (UK); Oleksiy Yevdokimov
(Australia); Bernard Hodgson<i> ex officio</i> (Canada).<br>
ICMI Executive Advisors: Hyman Bass (USA); Mariolina Bartolini-Bussi
(Italy)<br>
<br><br>
Best regards,<br><br>
Bernard<br><br>
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____________________________________________<br>
Bernard R. Hodgson<br>
Secretary-General of ICMI -- Secrétaire général de la CIEM<br>
(International Commission on Mathematical Instruction /<br>
Commission internationale de l'enseignement mathématique)<br>
Département de mathématiques et de statistique<br>
Université Laval Québec G1K 7P4
Canada<br>
Téléphone : +1 418 656 2131, poste 2975<br>
Télécopie : +1 418 656 2817<br>
Courriel : bhodgson@mat.ulaval.ca<br>
Cyberpage personnelle:
<a href="http://www.mat.ulaval.ca/profs/hodgson/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.mat.ulaval.ca/profs/hodgson/</a><br>
Cybersite CIEM / ICMI website:
<a href="http://www.mathunion.org/ICMI/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.mathunion.org/ICMI/</a><br><br>
Avis relatif à la confidentialité / Notice of Confidentiality /
Advertencia de confidencialidad
<a href="http://www.rec.ulaval.ca/lce/securite/confidentialite.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.rec.ulaval.ca/lce/securite/confidentialite.htm</a><br>
____________________________________________</blockquote>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Peter Taylor,<br>
Professor<br>
Dept. Math&Stats<br>
Queen's University<br>
Kingston ON<br>
613-533-2434</font> </body>
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