Mathematical Knowledge for K-8 Teachers: What, Why, How -- A Conference to be Convened at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, California, May 25-28, 2005

作者建议于2005年5月在加州大学伯克利分校数学科学研究所召开一次关于K-8年级教师所需数学知识的会议。参与者将来自数学研究界，以及数学教育研究人员和学校和地区教育人员。会议将采用各种形式，从个人演讲到小组讨论再到小组讨论。将编制和散发一卷会议记录。该提案的目标是研究与该级别教学所需的数学相关的各种问题。这个问题已经成为全国讨论的重要话题。虽然针对工程师、计算机科学家、数学和物理专业的数学课程和课程是常规的，但针对教师的类似专业数学材料还没有开发出来。数学界也没有认真讨论过这个数学体系可能是什么。目前的建议是召集一批数学家和教育家来进一步讨论这一问题。

The authors propose a conference on the mathematical knowledge needed for teachers of grades K-8, to be held at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, during the month of May, 2005. Participants will be drawn from the mathematics research community, together with researchers in mathematics education and school and district education personnel. Sessions at the conference will assume various formats, from individual presentations to panel discussion to small group discussion. A volume of proceedings will be generated and disseminated. The goals of the proposal are to examine a variety of issues connected with the mathematics needed to teach on this level. This issue has become the subject of significant national discussion. While mathematics courses and curriculum for engineers, for computer scientists, for mathematics and physics majors are routine, similar specialized mathematical materials for teachers have not been developed. Nor has the mathematical community engaged in serious discussion of what this body of mathematics might be. The present proposal is to convene a group of mathematicians and educators to further this discussion.