Mathematics Education, Teaching and Learning School Mathematics, Teacher Education in Mathematics

Post-doc mentorship

-Darinka Radovic (FONDECYT 3180291, 2018-2020)
-Danyal Farsani (Basal CMM-Funds, 2014-2016)
-Dora Salazar (FONDECYT 314053, 2013-2015)

Thesis Direction
-Raúl Zamora. Sociology. 2018. Thesis title: “Factors influencing the stability of a longitudinal evaluation of teacher performance”. Thesis co-advisor.
-Nicolás Torres. Master in applied mathematics 2016. Thesis title: “Competition models for species having an ideal free distribution”. Thesis advisor.
-Marco Verdugo. Socilogy 2016. “Self-efficacy beliefs of pre-service elementary school teachers in Chile”. Thesis co-advisor.
-Francisco Martínez, Master in Applied Economy 2014. Thesis title: “Teacher expectations as mediator in process of teaching: analysis of the Chilean case”. Thesis co-advisor.
-Oscar Vásquez, Math Engineering Thesis 2007. Thesis title: “Effects of Cross-diffusion for inhomogeneous 2x2 Lotka-Volterra competitive systems”. Thesis advisor.
-André De Laire, Math Engineering Thesis 2006. Thesis title: “Solutions for a singularly perturbed pendulum type equation”. Thesis advisor.

Training of Professionals in Mathematics Education

I have contributed to the training of professionals in the area of ??mathematics education, creating a multidisciplinary team of young professionals, with specific skills for work in education. Currently, the CMM Education Laboratory has a team of approximately 25 professionals (teachers, social scientists, engineers, programmers, graphic designers) and full-time researchers. We also have an internship program for undergraduate students.

Teacher Professional Development Programs

Suma y Sigue: Matemática en Línea. This online program was developed through a colaboration the Ministry of Education starting in 2014. It currently has 17 courses for primary, middle and secondary school teachers. It has been taught since 2015, and currently it has an enrollement of about 1500 teachers per year.

Diplomas in Mathematics Education for Teachers. These two programs are aimed to teachers that teach math in 1st-4th grade and 5th-8th grade, and has a duration of 250 hours. Currently these programs are being taught to about 60 teachers financed by the Ministry of Education.

Diploma in Mathematics Education for teacher educators. This Postgraduate Diploma is aimed to professionals who participate in the training of primary school teachers and has a duration of 230 hours. This diploma was taught through an alliance with the Ministry of Education to teacher trainers from all over Chile (2017-2018).

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Invited Lectures/Conferences (since 2018)

Invited speaker. Webinar series, “Moving Forward in the Midst of a Pandemic: International Lessons for Math Teachers”. Hosted by the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction – National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. A school year from home: How Chile has taught math during the pandemic. July 23, 2020.

Invited speaker at ICME-14. The 14th International Congress on Mathematical Instruction (ICME-14). Shanghai China, July 2021.

Invited speaker. “Ecuaciones de reacción-difusión, dinámica de poblaciones y género”. Emalca 2019, 14 al 25 de octubre de 2019. Comodoro Rivadavia. Argentina.

Conferencista plenaria. “Diffusion and competition in population and gender dynamics”. French-Latin American Conference on New Trends in Applied Math. Santiago. Noviembre 5-8, 2019.

Invited speaker. “Formación docente basada en el uso de tecnologías: aprendizajes del Programa Suma y Sigue”. Conferencia SUMA 2019. September 25 – 28. Mendoza, Argentina.

Invited speaker. “El poder de las tareas matemáticas en la formación docente”. Encuentro Internacional de Iniciativas Innovadoras. CEMAS. Paraguay, September 11-13, 2019.

Invited lecturer. Gender Parity: Issues and Challenges. Women Development Cell, Shivaji College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. January 15-17, 2019.

Invited lecturer. “Alice in Randomland: a mathematical adventure”. Boston College Mathematics Education Colloquium. December 6th, 2018.

“Development and implementation of mathematical tasks for pre-service teachers”. Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, Boston University. December 4th, 2018.

Invited speaker. “Suma y Sigue Program”. 11th Policy Dialogue Forum of the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030. Montego Bay, Jamaica. November 5 – 9. 2018.

Invited Lecturer. “Diffusion and competition in population and gender dynamics”. World Meeting for Women in Mathematics. IMU. July 31, 2018.

Invited speaker. “On ideal free dispersal and competition”. ICM Satellite Conference: A Pan-Hemispheric Celebration of Mathematics in Miami. Miami, USA. July 26-29, 2018.