IMU
IMU is an international non-governmental and non-profit scientific organization, with the purpose of promoting international cooperation in mathematics. It is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
The objectives of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) are:
1. To promote international cooperation in mathematics
2. To support and assist the International Congress of Mathematicians and other international scientific meetings or conferences
3. To encourage and support other international mathematical activities considered likely to contribute to the development of mathematical science in any of its aspects, pure, applied, or educational
ICMI
Overview of ICMI
Devoted to the development of mathematical education at all levels, the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) is a commission of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), an international non-governmental and non-profit-making scientific organisation whose purpose is to promote international cooperation in mathematics.
Founded at the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Rome in 1908 with the initial mandate of analysing the similarities and differences in the secondary school teaching of mathematics among various countries, ICMI has considerably expanded its objectives and activities in the years since.
ICMI offers today a forum to promote reflection, collaboration, exchange and dissemination of ideas on the teaching and learning of mathematics, from primary to university level. The work of ICMI stimulates the growth, synthesis, and dissemination of new knowledge (research) and of resources for instruction (curricular materials, pedagogical methods, uses of technology, etc.).
The Commission aims at facilitating the transmission of information on all aspects of the theory and practice of contemporary mathematical education from an international perspective. Furthermore ICMI also has as an objective to provide a link between educational researchers, curriculum designers, educational policy makers, teachers of mathematics, mathematicians, mathematics educators and others interested in mathematical education around the world.
ICMI takes initiative in inaugurating appropriate activities, publications and other programmes designed to further the sound development of mathematical education at all levels and to secure public appreciation of mathematics. It is also charged with the conduct of IMU's activities on mathematical or scientific education. In the pursuit of its objectives, ICMI cooperates with various thematic and regional groups formed within or outside its own structure.
Among international organizations devoted to mathematics education, ICMI is distinctive because of its close ties with the professional communities of mathematicians and mathematical educators as well as itsbreadth – thematic, cultural and regional.
http://www.mathunion.org/icmi/about-icmi/overview-of-icmi/
ICMI as an Organisation
The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction was established at the Fourth International Congress of Mathematicians held in Rome in 1908. After interruptions of activity around the two World Wars, ICMI was reconstituted in 1952. It was a time when the international mathematical community was being reorganized and ICMI then became an official commission of the International Mathematical Union (IMU).
As a scientific union, IMU is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU). This implies that through IMU, ICMI is to abide by the ICSU statutes, one of which (Statute 5) establishes the Principle of the Universality of Science, whose essential elements are non-discrimination and equity. Through this principle, ICSU affirms the right and freedom of scientists to participate without discrimination and on an equitable basis in legitimate scientific activities, whether they be conducted in a national, transnational or international context, regardless of their citizenship, religion, political stance, ethnic origin, sex, etc. Apart from observing IMU and ICSU general rules and principles, ICMI works with a large degree of autonomy.
The General Assembly of ICMI meets during the International Congresses on Mathematical Education (ICMEs), held every four years. This Assembly is responsible in particular for the election of the Executive Committee of ICMI, which includes the presiding officers of ICMI.
The General Assembly of IMU formally adopts ICMI's Terms of Reference as well as the procedures for the election of the Executive Committee of ICMI. Moreover the vast majority of the current funding of ICMI comes from an IMU subvention that is approved by the IMU GA. ICMI files an annual report of its activities and a financial report to the IMU Executive Committee for endorsement. Furthermore, ICMI files quadrennial reports at General Assembly meetings of both IMU and ICMI.
ICME
It is a conference organized by ICMI in every four year.
ICME-1 (1969) — Lyon (France)
Proceedings of the First International Congress on Mathematical Education. D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1969, 286 p.
Note: The content of this volume also appears in Educational Studies in Mathematics 2 (1969) pp. 135-418,
accessible on the web through SpringerLink.
ICME-2 (1972) — Exeter (UK)
A.G. Howson, ed., Developments in Mathematical Education. Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Mathematical Education. Cambridge University Press, 1973, 318 p.
ICME-3 (1976) — Karlsruhe (Germany)
Hermann Athen and Heinz, Kunle, eds. Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Mathematical Education. Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik, Karlsruhe, 1977, 398 p.
ICME-4 (1980) — Berkeley (USA)
Marilyn Zweng, Thomas Green, Jeremy Kilpatrick, Henry Pollak and Marilyn Suydam, eds., Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on Mathematical Education. Birkhäuser, 1983, 725 p.
ICME-5 (1984) — Adelaide (Australia)
Marjorie Carss, ed., Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on Mathematical Education. Birkhäuser 1986, 401 p.
ICME-6 (1988) — Budapest (Hungary)
Ann & Keith Hirst, eds., Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Mathematical Education. János Bolyai Mathematical Society, Budapest, 1988, 397 p.
ICME-7 (1992) — Québec (Canada)
Claude Gaulin, Bernard R. Hodgson, David H. Wheeler and John Egsgard, eds., Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress on Mathematical Education. Les Presses de l'Université Laval, Québec, 1994, 495 p.
David Robitaille, David H. Wheeler and Carolyn Kieran, eds., Selected Lectures from the Seventh International Congress on Mathematical Education. Les Presses de l'Université Laval, Québec, 1994, 370 p.
ICME-8 (1996) — Sevilla (Spain)
Claudi Alsina, José Maria Alvarez, Mogens Niss, Antonio Perez, Luis Rico and Anna Sfard, eds., Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Mathematical Education. S.A.E.M. Thales, 1998, 539 p.
Claudi Alsina, José Maria Alvarez, Bernard Hodgson, Colette Laborde and Antonio Perez, eds., 8th International Congress on Mathematical Education. Selected Lectures. S.A.E.M. Thales, 1998, 485 p.
ICME-9 (2000) — Tokyo/Makuhari (Japan)
Hiroshi Fujita, Yoshihiko Hashimoto, Bernard R. Hodgson, Peng Yee Lee, Stephen Lerman and Toshio Sawada, eds., Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress on Mathematical Education. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, 430 p. + CD.
ICME-10 (2004) — Copenhagen (Denmark)
Mogens Niss, ed., Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress on Mathematical Education. IMFUFA, Roskilde University, Roskilde, 2008, 559 p. + CD.
ICME-11 (2008) — Monterrey (México)
Proceedings to appear.
IMU is an international non-governmental and non-profit scientific organization, with the purpose of promoting international cooperation in mathematics. It is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU).
The objectives of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) are:
1. To promote international cooperation in mathematics
2. To support and assist the International Congress of Mathematicians and other international scientific meetings or conferences
3. To encourage and support other international mathematical activities considered likely to contribute to the development of mathematical science in any of its aspects, pure, applied, or educational
ICMI
Overview of ICMI
Devoted to the development of mathematical education at all levels, the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) is a commission of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), an international non-governmental and non-profit-making scientific organisation whose purpose is to promote international cooperation in mathematics.
Founded at the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Rome in 1908 with the initial mandate of analysing the similarities and differences in the secondary school teaching of mathematics among various countries, ICMI has considerably expanded its objectives and activities in the years since.
ICMI offers today a forum to promote reflection, collaboration, exchange and dissemination of ideas on the teaching and learning of mathematics, from primary to university level. The work of ICMI stimulates the growth, synthesis, and dissemination of new knowledge (research) and of resources for instruction (curricular materials, pedagogical methods, uses of technology, etc.).
The Commission aims at facilitating the transmission of information on all aspects of the theory and practice of contemporary mathematical education from an international perspective. Furthermore ICMI also has as an objective to provide a link between educational researchers, curriculum designers, educational policy makers, teachers of mathematics, mathematicians, mathematics educators and others interested in mathematical education around the world.
ICMI takes initiative in inaugurating appropriate activities, publications and other programmes designed to further the sound development of mathematical education at all levels and to secure public appreciation of mathematics. It is also charged with the conduct of IMU's activities on mathematical or scientific education. In the pursuit of its objectives, ICMI cooperates with various thematic and regional groups formed within or outside its own structure.
Among international organizations devoted to mathematics education, ICMI is distinctive because of its close ties with the professional communities of mathematicians and mathematical educators as well as itsbreadth – thematic, cultural and regional.
http://www.mathunion.org/icmi/about-icmi/overview-of-icmi/
ICMI as an Organisation
The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction was established at the Fourth International Congress of Mathematicians held in Rome in 1908. After interruptions of activity around the two World Wars, ICMI was reconstituted in 1952. It was a time when the international mathematical community was being reorganized and ICMI then became an official commission of the International Mathematical Union (IMU).
As a scientific union, IMU is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU). This implies that through IMU, ICMI is to abide by the ICSU statutes, one of which (Statute 5) establishes the Principle of the Universality of Science, whose essential elements are non-discrimination and equity. Through this principle, ICSU affirms the right and freedom of scientists to participate without discrimination and on an equitable basis in legitimate scientific activities, whether they be conducted in a national, transnational or international context, regardless of their citizenship, religion, political stance, ethnic origin, sex, etc. Apart from observing IMU and ICSU general rules and principles, ICMI works with a large degree of autonomy.
The General Assembly of ICMI meets during the International Congresses on Mathematical Education (ICMEs), held every four years. This Assembly is responsible in particular for the election of the Executive Committee of ICMI, which includes the presiding officers of ICMI.
The General Assembly of IMU formally adopts ICMI's Terms of Reference as well as the procedures for the election of the Executive Committee of ICMI. Moreover the vast majority of the current funding of ICMI comes from an IMU subvention that is approved by the IMU GA. ICMI files an annual report of its activities and a financial report to the IMU Executive Committee for endorsement. Furthermore, ICMI files quadrennial reports at General Assembly meetings of both IMU and ICMI.
ICME
It is a conference organized by ICMI in every four year.
ICME-1 (1969) — Lyon (France)
Proceedings of the First International Congress on Mathematical Education. D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1969, 286 p.
Note: The content of this volume also appears in Educational Studies in Mathematics 2 (1969) pp. 135-418,
accessible on the web through SpringerLink.
ICME-2 (1972) — Exeter (UK)
A.G. Howson, ed., Developments in Mathematical Education. Proceedings of the Second International Congress on Mathematical Education. Cambridge University Press, 1973, 318 p.
ICME-3 (1976) — Karlsruhe (Germany)
Hermann Athen and Heinz, Kunle, eds. Proceedings of the Third International Congress on Mathematical Education. Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik, Karlsruhe, 1977, 398 p.
ICME-4 (1980) — Berkeley (USA)
Marilyn Zweng, Thomas Green, Jeremy Kilpatrick, Henry Pollak and Marilyn Suydam, eds., Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on Mathematical Education. Birkhäuser, 1983, 725 p.
ICME-5 (1984) — Adelaide (Australia)
Marjorie Carss, ed., Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on Mathematical Education. Birkhäuser 1986, 401 p.
ICME-6 (1988) — Budapest (Hungary)
Ann & Keith Hirst, eds., Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Mathematical Education. János Bolyai Mathematical Society, Budapest, 1988, 397 p.
ICME-7 (1992) — Québec (Canada)
Claude Gaulin, Bernard R. Hodgson, David H. Wheeler and John Egsgard, eds., Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress on Mathematical Education. Les Presses de l'Université Laval, Québec, 1994, 495 p.
David Robitaille, David H. Wheeler and Carolyn Kieran, eds., Selected Lectures from the Seventh International Congress on Mathematical Education. Les Presses de l'Université Laval, Québec, 1994, 370 p.
ICME-8 (1996) — Sevilla (Spain)
Claudi Alsina, José Maria Alvarez, Mogens Niss, Antonio Perez, Luis Rico and Anna Sfard, eds., Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Mathematical Education. S.A.E.M. Thales, 1998, 539 p.
Claudi Alsina, José Maria Alvarez, Bernard Hodgson, Colette Laborde and Antonio Perez, eds., 8th International Congress on Mathematical Education. Selected Lectures. S.A.E.M. Thales, 1998, 485 p.
ICME-9 (2000) — Tokyo/Makuhari (Japan)
Hiroshi Fujita, Yoshihiko Hashimoto, Bernard R. Hodgson, Peng Yee Lee, Stephen Lerman and Toshio Sawada, eds., Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress on Mathematical Education. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004, 430 p. + CD.
ICME-10 (2004) — Copenhagen (Denmark)
Mogens Niss, ed., Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress on Mathematical Education. IMFUFA, Roskilde University, Roskilde, 2008, 559 p. + CD.
ICME-11 (2008) — Monterrey (México)
Proceedings to appear.
