U.S.-Japan Teacher Development Workshop: A Conference Planned for Makuhari, Japan in August of 2000

该项目将在美国和日本的数学教育工作者(如教师、研究人员、教师教育工作者)之间计划和举办一次会议，重点探讨小学数学教师在教师专业发展方面的异同。将有40名与会者，美国和日本代表团各占一半。该会议将于2000年8月在第九届国际数学教育大会(ICME 9)之后举行。会议结束后将开发两款产品。第一份是一套议事录(以印刷形式提供并储存在网上)，其中包括讨论和活动的摘要，以及一系列探讨会议上提出的问题的委托文件。第二个是经过编辑的会议讨论和活动视频。计划中的会议活动之一是模拟/演示日语“学习小组”，这些小组通常是日语教师专业发展的一部分。这段视频将试图捕捉这次演示的一些基本特征，以便没有参加的美国教育工作者能够对这种职业发展活动的性质有一些了解。在2000年至2001年期间，项目工作人员将在各种专业会议上发表演讲，与美国各地的数学教育工作者分享会议过程(纸质和视频)。

0001439WONGThe project will plan and conduct a conference among U.S. and Japanese mathematics educators (e.g., teachers, researchers, teacher educators) focused on exploring the similarities and differences in teacher professional development for elementary school mathematics teachers. There will be 40 participants, split evenly between U.S. and Japanese delegations. The conference would be held in August, 2000, immediately following the Ninth International Congress on Mathematics Education (ICME 9). Two products would be developed after the conference. The first is a set of proceedings (available in print and stored on the web) that would include summaries of discussions and activities as well as a series of commissioned papers that would explore issues raised at the conference. The second is an edited video of conference discussions and activities. One of the planned conference activities is a simulation/presentation of Japanese "study groups" that are often part of Japanese teachers' professional development. The video will attempt to capture some of the essential features of this demonstration so that U.S. educators who did not attend could gain some insight into the nature of that kind of professional development activity. During 2000 and 2001, the project staff will make presentations at a variety of professional conferences to share the proceedings (both print and video) with mathematics educators throughout the U.S.