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About PME and PME - NA

The International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) is an autonomous body, governed as provided for in the constitution. It is an official subgroup of the International Commission for Mathematical Instruction (ICMI). PME came into existence at the Third International Congress on Mathematics Education (ICME3) held in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1976.

Its former presidents have been:

Efraim Fischbein (Israel)
Richard R. Skemp (United Kingdom)
Gerard Vergnaud (France)
Kevin F. Collis (Australia)
Pearla Nesher (Israel)
Nicolas Balacheff (France)
Kathleen Hart (United Kingdom)
Carolyn Kieran (Canada)
Stephen Lerman (United Kingdom)
Gilah Leder (Australia)
Rina Hershkowitz (Israel)
Chris Breen (South Africa).

The Constitution of PME

The constitution of PME was adopted by the Annual General Meeting on the 17th of August, 1980. Changed by the Annual General Meetings on the 24th of July, 1987, on the 10th of August, 1992, on the 2nd of August, 1994, on the 18th of July, 1997 and on the 14th of July, 2005. We print here only two parts of the constitution. As members it is important that you are aware of your rights. We strongly encourage participants to consult the constitution of PME

Name

The group has the name “International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education”, abbreviated to PME.

Aims

The major goals of the Group are:

i. to promote international contact an exchange of scientific information and the field of mathematical education;
ii. to promote and stimulate interdisciplinary research in the aforesaid area; and
iii. to further a deeper and more correct understanding of the psychological and other aspects of teaching and learning mathematics and the implications thereof.

Honorary members of PME

Efraim Fischbein (Deceased)
Hans Freudenthal (Deceased)
Joop Van Dormolen (Retired)

Present Officers of PME

President Fou-Lai Lin National Taiwan Normal University
(Taiwan)

Vice-President Marcelo C. Borba Unesp (Brazil)

Secretary Helen Forgasz Monash University (Australia)

Treasurer Ferdinando Arzarello Universitá Di Torino (Italy)

Other members of the International Committee of PME

Mike Askew King’s College London (United Kingdom)

Olimpia Figueras Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Mexico)

Cristina Frade Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil)

Zahra Gooya Shahid Beheshti University (Iran)

Aiso Heinze
University of Regensburg (Germany)

Bat-Sheva Ilany Beitberl (Israel)

Hee-Chan Lew Korea National University of Education (Korea)

Peter Liljedahl
Simon Fraser University (Canada)

Pi-Jen Lin Hsin-Chu University of Education (Taiwan)

Cynthia Nicol University of British Columbia (Canada)

Yoshinori Shimizu University of Tsukuba (Japan)

Pessia Tsamir Tel Aviv University (Israel)

Behiye Ubuz Middle East Technical University (Turkey)

For more information concerning PME contact:

PME Administrative Manager
Jarmila Novotná
Postal address
PME Administrative Manager
Charles University in Prague
Faculty of Education
M.D. Rettigove 4
116 39 Prague 1
Czech Republic
Email: admin@igpme.org

Ann-Marie BREEN
Postal address
35 Aandwind Street
Cape Town, 7945 South Africa
Work phone: 27 21 715 3559
Fax: 27 88 021 715 3559
Email: info@igpme.org

Or visit the PME Website

Background of PME-NA

PME-NA is the North American Chapter of the International Group and caters for researchers of Canada, United States of America and Mexico. It came into existence in 1978.

The governing body of PME-NA is the Steering Committee, which shall be composed of ten members, including at least one member from each of Canada, Mexico and the United States of America, who shall serve staggered three-year terms of office. The Steering Committee is responsible for managing the organization.

The Constitution of PME-NA

Name

The group has the name “North American Chapter of PME”, abbreviated to PME-NA.

Aims

The major goals of the North American Chapter are:

i. to promote international contact and exchange of scientific information and in the psychology of mathematical education;
ii. to promote and stimulate interdisciplinary research in the aforesaid area, with the cooperation of psychologists, mathematicians and mathematics teachers; and
iii. to further a deeper and better understanding of the psychological aspects of teaching and learning mathematics and the implications thereof.

More information about PME-NA. We also encourage participants to consult the constitution of PME-NA

Steering Committee of PME-NA

José Luis Cortina Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (Mexico) Chair

Lynn C. Hart Georgia State Universitay (USA) Chair-Elect

Teruni Lamberg University of Nevada, Reno (USA) Past Chair

Jo Clay Olson Washington State University (USA) Secretary

Anne Teppo Montana State University (USA) Treasurer

Beverly J. Hartter Oklahoma Wesleyan University (USA) Membership
Secretary

Halcyon Foster University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (USA)

David Wagner University of New Brunswick (Canada)

Azita Manouchehri Ohio State University (USA)

Gemma Mojica North Carolina State University (USA) Graduate
Student
Representative