ICMI Awards for 2005

The 2005 Felix Klein and Hans Freudenthal AWARDS

ICMI is proud to announce the second awardees of the Felix Klein and Hans Freudenthal Medals.

• The Felix Klein Medal for 2005 is awarded to Ubiratan D'Ambrosio, Emeritus Professor at UNICAMP, in Brasil. This distinction acknowledges the role Ubiratan D'Ambrosio has played in the development of mathematics education as a field of research and development throughout the world, above all in Latin America. It also recognises Ubiratan D'Ambrosio's pioneering role in the development of research perspectives which are sensitive to the characteristics of social, cultural, and historical contexts in which the teaching and learning of mathematics take place, as well as his insistence on providing quality mathematics education to all, not just to a privileged segment of society.

• The Hans Freudenthal Medal for 2005 is awarded to Paul Cobb, Professor at Vanderbilt University, in the US. This distinction acknowledges his outstanding contribution to mathematics education: a rare combination of theoretical developments, empirical research and practical applications, which has had a major influence on the mathematics education community and beyond.

The ICMI Awards represent the judgement of an (anonymous) jury of distinguished scholars of international stature. The jury for the 2005 awards was chaired by Professor Michèle Artigue, of the Université de Paris 7.

Presentation of the medals, and invited addresses of the medallists, will occur at ICME-11 in Monterrey, México, July 2008.

Citations of the work of these medalists:

• The Felix Klein Medal for 2005
• The Hans Freudenthal Medal for 2005