The kick-off workshop of CANP called “Escuela seminario internacional Construcción de Capacidades en Matemáticas y Educación Matemática” was held for 2 weeks in August, 2012 in San Jose, Costa Rica.
The event brought together 67 researchers and educators from Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Spain, Mexico, Cuba and Costa Rica which included 23 different conferences, courses, forums and symposia while focusing on important themes in Mathematics and Mathematics Education.
Two Week workshop to initiate CANP 2011
Responsibility for education in the United Kingdom (UK) is devolved to the four nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (representing about 84%, 8%, 5% and 3% of the UK population, respectively). Formal school mathematics education usually starts at an earlier age than in many jurisdictions (in the September after they turn four, in England and Wales, with a 2-4 month older deadline in Scotland and Northern Ireland).
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences – Board on International Scientific Organizations is the IMU Adhering Organization. Within the Academy the body charged with interacting with ICMI is the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNC/MI).
Turkish Educational Context
The ICMI Representative for Switzerland is the chair of the ICMI sub-commission within the Swiss Mathematical Society (the IMU adhering organization). The delegates to this commission represent the linguistic diversity of Switzerland.
Curriculum for the compulsory school (year 0-9) and pre-school
www.skolverket.se/publikationer
Curriculum for Upper Secondary School (year 10-12)
www.skolverket.se/polopoly_fs/1.174554!/Menu/article/attachment/Mathematics..pdf
The agency that are in charge of these is The Swedish National Agency for Education
The National Research Foundation is the South African IMU Adhering Organization. It designates in coordination with its mathematics committee the ICMI Country representative.