- Are portmanteau words frequent in Icelandic?
- Do elves exist?
- How did our ancestors make use of geothermal energy?
- Did Icelandic outlaws live alone in the mountains or did they gather into bands? Were people generally frightened of them?
- Is Iceland really a part of Scandinavia, or is just said to be because of the country's connections with the Nordic countries?
- Is there any proof of the existence of ghosts or other such spirits?
- When were rats first known in Iceland?
- Why are people in Iceland not named after fish like Bleikja (arctic char) or Urriði (trout)?
- How many different Sudoku's is it possible to make?
- What changes in education can we expect in the next few years or decades and what effect might these changes have on teaching and learning?
Norsma
Mennta- og menningarmálaráðuneytið
Announcement
The Nordic Research network on Special Needs Education in
Mathematics (NORSMA) was established in 2003 by professionals working
within the fields of mathematics and special needs education. The
network has held conferences every other year in the Nordic countries
focusing on research on teaching students with difficulties in learning
mathematics.
This fall it is Iceland’s turn to host the conference. The theme will be Challenges in teaching mathematics: Becoming special for all.
It will be hosted at the Universty of Iceland – School of Education in
Reykjavík. The dates are October 14th to 16th. The conference language
will be english.
Preconference workshops are scheduled on the 14th of October for teachers of all stages.
ANNOUNCEMENT #2
The main theme of the conference is Challenges in teaching mathematics:
Becoming special for all, which breaks into four central areas,
organised around the plenary lectures and sessions. These are: Creating
a learning environment, Teacher education, From theory to practice,
Becoming special.
Deadline for submission is June 30th 2009.
Proposals can be submitted only through the conference website. The
official language of the conference is English. All submissions will be
peer reviewed.
Notification for acceptance of the proposal will be August 15th 2009.
Proposal formats
Paper presentation: A paper session consists of 3 papers.
Each presentation lasts 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for questions and
discussion.
Poster presentation: presenters will be allocated time to introduce their posters.
We look forward to meeting you in Reykjavík!
The organising committee of the conference 2009:
- Edda Óskarsdóttir, Grunnskóli Seltjarnarness
- Hafdís Guðjónsdóttir,
University of Iceland - Jónína Vala Kristinsdóttir, University of
Iceland - Dóróþea Reimarsdóttir, Dalvíkurskóla
- Þóra Rósa Geirsdóttir,
University of Akureyri
Keynotes: Invited speakers
- Dr Barbara Jaworski professor of Mathematics Education University of Loughborough, UK
- Dr. Robert Siegler Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Carnegie-Mellon University, USA
- Anna Kristjánsdóttir professor of Mathematics Education University of Iceland/University of Agder, Norway
- Dr. Hafdís Guðjónsdóttir associate professor of Special Education, University of Iceland