Fri 19th Oct
Time Event
20.00 Annual Dinner
21.30 Fr. Ingram Memorial Lecture by Fiacre Ó Cairbre Maynooth University 'Beauty and Freedom in the History of Mathematics.'
Sat 20th Oct
| Time | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 9.30 - 10.00 | Registration | |
| 10.00 - 10.50 | Merrilyn Goos, UL | Why teachers matter in times of mathematics curriculum reform |
| 10.50 - 11.20 | Break | |
| 11.20 - 12.10 | Aedamar Frawley Grange Vocational School and Stephen Eustace St. Joseph's Secondary School | Using Microsoft Surface/IT in the classroom |
| 12.10 - 13.00 | Aidan Fitzsimons, DCU | Nurturing the problem solving abilities of high achieving second level students |
| 13.00 - 13.45 | Lunch | |
| 13.45 - 14.35 | Niamh O Meara, UL | Issues affecting the transition from primary to post primary mathematics |
| 14.35 - 15.25 | Shane Flanagan, JCT | Junior Cycle Maths developments |
| 15.25 - 16.15 | Pam O Brien, LIT Neil Butler, Secondary Teacher | Learning by making |
| 16.15 - 16.45 | AGM |
Speaker Info
| Speaker | Photo | Specialist Area |
|---|---|---|
| Fiacre Ó Ciarbre Maynooth University fiacre.ocairbre@mu.ie |  | Has published papers including 'A Resource for Transition Year Mathematics Teachers. ' and 'Mathematics education and the public's interaction with the Hamilton story' |
| Professor Merrilyn Goos, UL m.goos@uq.edu.au |  | Merrilyn is Professor of STEM Education and Director of EPI*STEM at the National Centre for STEM Education, at the University of Limerick, Ireland. |
| Aedamar Frawley Grange Vocational School Twitter: @aedamar_frawley |  | CT Digital Key Skills & Maths Associate Microsoft Educator Trainer Math & English Teacher |
| Stephen Eustace St. Joseph's Secondary School @eustace_stephen |  | Teacher of Maths & Accounting #MIEExpert 'We are passionate about the impact that ICT has on education and in particular the power of OneNote to make every lesson' |
| Aidan Fitzsimons, DCU aidan.fitzsimons4@mail.dcu.ie |  | Aidan Fitzsimons currently works at the School of Mathematical Sciences, Dublin City University. Aidan does research in Mathematics Education |
| Niamh O Meara, UL Twitter: @MearaNiamh |  | PhD in Mathematics Education, MSc in Mathematical Modelling Lecturer in Mathematics Education, UL |
| Shane Flanagan, JCT shane.flanagan@jct.ie |  | Junior Cycle for Teachers Team Leader for Maths |
| Pam O Brien, LIT https://pamobriensblog.wordpress.com/ |  | Maths and Programming Lecturer in LIT with passion for integrating technology in education. Organiser of the ICT in Education conference |
| Neil Butler, Secondary Teacher Twitter: @mrNeilButler |  | Teacher. Maths, ASN, IT, Applied Maths. Game-based learning, Geogebra. Occasional Musician. One third of @mathsmeetie. |
