Enriching Mathematics Education 2013

Name: Enriching Mathematics Education 2013
Start: 2013-09-30T9:00
End: 2013-10-01T17:00
Location: Ramanujan Auditorium, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai

A two-day workshop for mathematics teachers in schools

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.

Venue: Ramanujan Auditorium, Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
Date and time: Monday and Tuesday, 30th September and 1st October 2013, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
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).

Timetable TXT
Videos (of the entire proceedings)

Lecture Notes:

KN Raghavan: Partial Fractions PDF.
Jonaki Ghosh: Developing student thinking in calculus PDF (using technology).
S. Kesavan: Conic sections PDF. (see also this article in Resonance Vol. 20, No. 7, July 2015, pp.643-662 PDF which is based on this talk)

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.