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Enriching Mathematics Education
A two-day workshop for mathematics teachers in schools
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30th September and 01st October 2013
(Monday and Tuesday) at the
Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai.
This 2-day workshop was aimed at mathematics teachers of classes XI and XII. This was the second year that such a workshop was held. The broad goal of this series of workshops is to bring research mathematicians and school teachers together in an effort to enrich mathematics education in schools.
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Venue: Ramanujan Auditorium, Institute of Mathematical
Sciences.
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Date and time: Monday and Tuesday, 30th September
and 1st October 2013, 900 am
to 500pm.
- List of Speakers : Jonaki Ghosh
(Lady Shriram College), S. Kesavan (IMSc), Parameswaran
Sankaran (IMSc), K.N. Raghavan (IMSc), R. Ramanujam (IMSc),
D. Surya Ramana (HRI), Vijay Kodiyalam (IMSc), G.P. Youvaraj
(Ramanujan Institute).
The workshop was free. Lunch and snacks were provided to
all participants free of cost. A small travel allowance was
also paid. Certificates of participation were issued.
Nominations for participation
were welcomed from school heads and from interested teachers
directly.
Nearly 65 teachers representing 38 schools participated in the
programme. There were also some "independent"
participants not affiliated to any school.
Organizers:
P Sankaran sankaran-at-imsc-dot-res-dot-in,  
S Viswanath svis-at-imsc-dot-res-dot-in.