Place and use of new technology in the teaching of mathematics: ICMI activities in the past 25 years

Looking back at the place of technology in the past ICMEs during the last decades and on the two ICMI studies devoted to technology, it is obvious that the role and use of technology has given rise to a diversity of points of view and attitudes across the world. The ICMEs and the two studies are places where researchers, teacher educators and practitioners meet. To what extent do they reflect the evolution of the trends of research and/or of integration of technology into real practice? The study will develop a general analysis of the theoretical frameworks, issues and wishes related to the use of technology in mathematics teaching from the proceedings of past ICMEs and of the two ICMI studies. Both a quantitative and a qualitative point of view will be adopted. From the great diversity of questions and approaches, the study attempts to formulate the main trends and their evolution over time within the ICMI community, as well as some pertinent issues for the coming years.

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