Tentative Program
August 15 (Wed) 2007: Arrival Date
15.00 - 21.00 Registration (Lobby)
21.00 - 21.30 Explanation of the program (only for keynote speakers and specialists; Mongkut Tong)
August 16 (Thu) 2007: Day 1
08.00 - 09.00 Registration (Mongkut Phet Ballrom)
09.00 - 10.00 Opening Ceremony
- Dean of Faculty of Education (Assist.Prof.Dr.Paisan Suwannoi)
- Permanent Secretary of Commission of Higher Education
- President of Khon Kaen University (Assoc.Prof.Dr.Sumon Sakolchai)
- Lead Shepherd of APEC Human Resources Development Working Group: HRDWG (Dr.Alan Ginsburg)
10.00 - 11.00 Keynote speaker: Shizumi Shimizu (University of Tsukuba, Japan) "How to develop Mathematical Thinking in Classroom"
11.00 - 12.00 Keynote speaker: Masami Isoda (University of Tsukuba, Japan) "How to plan a lesson for developing Mathematical Thinking"
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch (Mongkut Nak Room)
13.00 - 13.20 Explanation about the Lessons for 2nd and 5th Grades
13.20 - 14.20 Demonstration Teaching 2nd Grade (Lesson Study Activity) by Japanese Teacher: Takao Seiyama (Mongkut Phet Ballroom)
14.20 - 15.30 Discussion about the lesson (Lesson Study Activity)
15.30 - 15.40 Break
15.40 - 16.40 Demonstration Teaching 5th Grade (Lesson Study Activity) by Japanese Teacher: Yasuhiro Hosomizu (Mongkut Phet Ballroom)
16.40 - 17.50 Discussion about the lesson (Lesson Study Activity)
18.00 - 21.00 Welcome Party (Near Swimming Pool)
August 17 (Fri) 2007: Day 2
08.30 - 09.30 Keynote speaker: Alan Bishop (Monash University, Australia) "Teachers' Mathematical Values for developing Mathematical Thinking
through Lesson Study (Mongkut Phet Ballroom)"
09.30 - 10.10 Peter Gould (Australian) "Reasoning about Three-Eighths: From Partitioned Fraction towards Quantity fractions"
10.10 - 10.50 Madihah Khalid (Brunei Darusaram) "Incorporating Mathematical Thinking in Addition and Subtraction of Fraction: Real Issues and Challenges."
10.50 - 11.30 Francisco Cerda Bonomo (Chile) "Lesson Study as a strategy for cultivating mathematical teaching skills: A Chilean experience focused
on Mathematical Thinking"
11.30 - 12.00 Commentary for audience: Alan Bishop & David Tall
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch (Mongkut Nak Room)
13.00 - 14.00 Keynote speaker: Kaye Stacey (University of Melbourne, Australia) "Teachers' Mathematical Thinking"
14.00 - 14.40 CHENG, Chun Chor Litwin (Hong Kong) "Mathematical Thinking in Multiplication in Hong Kong Schools."
14.40 - 15.20 Marsigit, Mathilda Susanti, Elly Arliani (Indonesia) "Lesson Study on Mathematical Thinking: Developing Mathematical Methods
in Learning the Total Area of a Right Circular Cylinder and Sphere as well as the Volume of a Right Circular Cone of the Indonesian 8th Grade Students"
15.20 - 16.00 Kazuyoshi Okubo (Japan) "Mathematical Thinking and the Acquisition of Fundamentals and Basics"
16.40 - 17.10 Commentary for audience: Kaye Stacy & Max Stephens
17.10 - 17.40 Break (For keynote speakers & specialists: move to discussion room)
17.40 - 19.40 Working Group discussion with videos (Parallel session for four groups) (Mongkut Ngen & Mongkut Nak)
20.00 - 22.00 Dinner host by Khon Kaen University
August 18 (Sat) 2007: Day 3
08.30 - 09.30 Keynote speaker: Abraham Arcavi (Weizmann Institute of Science, Isarel) "Mathematical Thinking in Classrooms (Mongkut Phet Ballroom)"
09.30 - 10.10 LIM Chap Sam (Malaysia) "Developing Mathematical Thinking in a Primary Mathematics Classroom through Lesson Study: An Exploratory Study"
10.10 - 10.50 Soledad A. Ulep (Philippines) "Developing Mathematical Thinking through Lesson Study: Initial Efforts and Results"
10.50 - 11.30 YEAP Ban Har (Singapore) "Bridges and Obstacles: The use of Lesson Study to Identify Factors that Encourage or Discourage Mathematical Thinking
amongst Primary School Students."
11.30 - 12.00 Commentary for audience: Abraham Arcavi & Fou-Lai Lin
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch (Mongkut Nak Room)
13.00 - 14.00 Keynote speaker: Fou-Lai Lin (National Taiwan Normal University, Chinese Taiwan) "How can we enhance students' Mathematical Thinking
through Discussion"
14.00 - 14.40 Ronél Paulsen (South Africa) "The van Hiele Levels of Geometrical Thought in an In-service Training Setting in South Africa."
14.40 - 15.20 Maitree Inprasitha, Suladda Loipha, Suwattana Eamoraphan (Thailand) "Contexts for Developing Mathematical Thinking in Mathematics Classroom
through Lesson Study"
15.20 - 16.00 Patsy Wang-Iverson, Marian Palumbo (USA) "Using Lesson Study to Connect Procedural Knowledge with Mathematical Thinking"
16.00 - 16.40 Tran Vui (Vietnam) "A Lesson that may Develop Mathematical Thinking of Primary Students in Vietnam: Find two Numbers that their Sum
and a Restricted Condition are Known"
16.40 - 17.20 Commentary for audience: Akihiko Takahashi & Wee Tiong
17.20 - 17.40 Break (For keynote speakers & specialists: move to discussion room)
17.40 - 19.40 Working Group discussion with video (Parallel session for four groups) (Mongkut Ngen & Mongkut Nak)
August 19 (Sun) 2007: Day 4
10.00 - 10.30 Lead Shepherd of APEC HRDWG(Dr. Alan Ginsburg) "Using a wiki for the APEC Lesson Study Project (Mongkut Phet Ballroom)"
10.30 - 11.30 Keynote speaker: Akihiko Takahashi (DePaul University, USA) "Developing Mathematical Thinking through Problem Solving"
11.30 - 12.30 Keynote speaker: David Tall (University of Warwick, England) "Setting Lesson Study in a Long-Term Framework for Learning"
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch (Mongkut Nak Room)
13.30 - 15.30 Panel Discussion: Communication as a Key for Developing Mathematical Thinking
Abraham Arcavi Akihiko Takahashi
David Tall Fou-Lai Lin
Kaye Stacey Max Stephens (Modulator)
15.30 - 16.00 Closing ceremony (Mongkut Phet Ballroom) Vice President of Khon Kaen University
16.00 - 18.00 City & Campus tour (Registration on August 15-16, 2007)
August 20 (Mon) 2007: Day 5
07.00 - 20.00 Excursion to Laos (Registration on August 15-16, 2007)