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Numa mensagem minha que enviei ha' alguns dias, sobre uma sessao de =

"Internet na area da Educacao a realizar no dia 3 de janeiro na =

Madeira enviei o endereco errado de um servicoo de Chat Service onde =

ir=E3o estar alguns professores da madeira =E1 espera de poderem ter =

contacto com "estas novas tecnologias".
O endere=E7o correcto =E9 o
telnet://194.65.20.72:23
A sess=E3o ir=E1 come=E7ar a partir das 17H00m, horas do continente.
caso queira aproveitar a oportunidade de tentar ser =FAtil =E0 causa:
sensibilizar a comunidade escolar para o uso da Internet c=E1 =

esperarei por si.


Paulo Jorge Melo
Comiss=E3o de Coordena=E7=E3o da Regi=E3o Centro
Gabinete de Inform=E1tica e Estat=EDstica
Coimbra-Portugal

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Talvez isto nos de^ algumas ideias...

>------------------------------

>From: "Kathleen Holmay" <kholmay@nas.edu>
>To: maw-list@maa.org
>Subject: 1995 MAW Activities
>Sender: maw-list-owner@maa.org
>
>Following are summary reports of 1995 MAW activities (also posted on
>the MAA gopher).
>
>           SUMMARIES OF ACTIVITIES HELD TO CELEBRATE
>                 MATHEMATICS AWARENESS WEEK 1995
>
>
>The American University, Washington, DC - celebrated MAW with its
>seventh annual problem solving contest.  John Montroll, master
>designer of origami, gave a talk on that art form, and Professor
>Danny Gulick gave a lecture geared toward a general audience on his
>research in chaotic dynamical systems and fractal geometry.
>
>Boston University, Massachusetts - held a poster exhibit on
>symmetry using M.C. Escher's designs and Mathematica computer
>graphics to explain tessellations.  Professor Persi Diaconis was
>interviewed for the MAA's Student Chapter Newsletter, in which
>symmetry was a topic discussed.
>
>Central College, Houston, Texas - sponsored a week of colloquia on
>the mathematical sciences.  Each lecture was followed by a
>reception at which students and faculty participated in informal
>discussions.  A portfolio of students' projects, a videotape
>library, and articles about MAW were on display in the mathematics
>department.  The forums, displays, and colloquia were promoted in
>local newspapers and on radio stations.
>
>Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond - sponsored a talk given by
>award-winning educator Dr. Helen Reed entitled, "Balance in a
>Negative World,"  A contest to solve two mathematical problems was
>advertised in local newspapers.  Prizes included a TI-85 calculator
>and a copy of Derive.  The Governor issued a proclamation
>designating May 26, 1995 as Mathematics Awareness Day in Kentucky.
>
>Indiana University of Pennsylvania - held its third annual poster
>contest in which four mathematics classes participated.  The
>faculty judged the posters, which were displayed along the halls of
>the mathematics classroom area.
>
>Lake Forest College, Illinois - sponsored a week of activities in
>April.  Events included a lecture by Dr. Kenneth Ross entitled,
>"Random Walks and Shuffling," and an informal presentation and
>workshop by Dr. Ronald Graham on "The Mathematics of Juggling."
>And, Dr. Graham gave the 11th Annual Distinguished Volwiler Science
>lecture on "Searching for the Shortest Network."  The college also
>held activities involving high school students--a mathematics and
>computer science career night, and a quiz show highlighting some of
>the clever ideas, famous flaws, and fun of mathematics.
>
>Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania - co-sponsored a
>Mathematics Awareness Activity Day with the Pennsylvania College of
>Technology.  Over 100 students from area middle schools
>participated in several activities including hands-on sessions
>exploring polyhedra, probability, graphing calculators, mathematics
>games, and fractal geometry in nature.  A planetarium show was also
>held.
>
>Metro State College of Denver and University of Colorado at Denver
>- co-sponsored several events including a puzzle contest and
>scavenger hunt.  Students constructed a tetrahedral Sierpinski
>sponge out of 1,024 one inch tetrahedrons, which was displayed in
>the campus bookstore.  Several members of faculty gave talks
>throughout the week.  Presentations on mathematics and the real
>world were given by Dr. Paul Domich, National Institute for
>Standards and Technology; quality analyst and statistician Tom
>Gatliffe, Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site; and Chuck
>Milligan, consulting engineering manager, Storage Technology
>Corporation.
>
>New Jersey Mathematics Coalition - sponsored Math, Science, and
>Technology month during April.  Some 200 events were held
>throughout the month that engaged parents and children in hands-on
>interactive activities for K-12 age groups.  The Governor issued a
>proclamation designating April as Mathematics, Science and
>Technology month in New Jersey.
>
>Ohio State University, Lima - held its annual Undergraduate
>Recognition Program during MAW, during which professor Robert Mills
>of the Department of Physics discussed symmetry as it relates to
>physics and the physical world.
>
>Phoenix College, Arizona - held a Mathematics Awareness Day filled
>with a series lectures, presentations, stories, and poems about
>mathematics.  The students produced a newsletter dedicated to
>mathematics entitled, The Quadratic Chronicle.
>
>Rochester Institute of Technology, New York - presented a lecture
>by Nobel Laureate Dr. Herbert Hauptman, President of the
>Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, entitled, "A Minimal
>Principle in the Phase Problem of X-Ray Crystallography."  A
>mathematics challenge competition was held for local high school
>students.
>
>Schenectady County Community College, New York - published an
>article in the campus newspaper, THE BINNEKILL, about the
>importance of mathematics and displayed books about mathematics in
>the library.
>
>Schoolcraft College, Livonia, Michigan - reprinted the MAW theme
>essay, Mathematics and Symmetry, by Martin Golubitsky and Paul
>Davis in its monthly departmental newsletter.  Extra copies of this
>publication were distributed to students in upper-level mathematics
>classes.
>
>St. John's University, Jamaica, New York - hosted its fourth Sonia
>Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day for 168 female students and
>their teachers from thirty schools throughout the metropolitan New
>York area.  This year, in addition to the panel of outstanding
>professional women and workshops, two math bowls were added.
>Mathematician and sculptor Helamon Ferguson brought mathematical
>concepts to life with his sculptures and his interaction with the
>audience.  Several of his pieces exemplified the theme of
>mathematics and symmetry.
>
>St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, Missouri -
>sponsored several activities including a demonstration of
>interactive CD-ROM's; a demonstration of symmetry in pottery
>making; a geology display; a mathematics contest for both
>students and faculty; and a showing of "Monument to a Dream," a
>documentary on the building of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
>
>University of Montana, Missoula - held an awards ceremony and
>reception at which Dr. Jenny McNulty gave a talk entitled,
>"Symmetry in Missoula."  Other events included a lecture, slide
>show, and colloquium on mathematics and symmetry.
>
>University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls - sponsored several
>activities including a talk by Seniro Karissa Hobert entitled,
>"Detecting Symmetry, A Problem in Pattern Recognition."  This talk
>was based on her research in writing software to implement the
>Hough transform algorithm.  A videotape, "The Alhambra Past and
>Present--A geometer's Odyssey," was shown on the mathematics of
>symmetry in Islamic art.  Local radio stations broadcast "Weekend
>Radio" and played records for mathematics and symmetry.
>
>University of Vermont, Burlington - sponsored several events
>including a talk on calculus reform given by Professor Tim Pennings
>from Hope College in Michigan.  A pizza hour and discussion
>followed the lecture.  The mathematics and statistics department
>held a poster contest on the theme of symmetry for K-8 students
>from area schools.  UVM students did the judging.  A $50 savings
>bond was awarded to the winning poster in each of the nine grades.
>During MAW, mathematics questions were broadcast daily on WRUV with
>a T-shirt awarded for each day's correct answer.  Mathematics
>Awareness T-shirts were sold for $10.
>
>WGBH Radio, Boston, Massachusetts - dedicated a program to
>Mathematics in Music in celebration of Mathematics Awareness Week.
>Robert J. Lurtsema, who hosts a five-hour classical music show on
>weekend mornings, discussed music and symmetry with his guest
>Professor David Epstein.
>
>Westfield Insurance Companies, Westfield Center, Ohio - celebrated
>Mathematics Awareness Week.  Its actuarial staff published a
>newsletter and held a reception for employees.
>
>                               ###

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>Um novo movimento do tipo do *back to basics* parece que esta a surgir nos
>Estados Unidos. Junta pais e cientistas e parece ser contra tudo o que
>existe de interessante no movimento de renovacao no ensino da matematica.
>Para quem queira saber mais, o endereco URL e'
>
>http://ourworld.compuserve.com:80/homepages/mathman/
>
>Eduardo Veloso

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Universidade de Lisboa

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Nao quero deixar de colocar aqui uma noticia que vinha no Expresso, da 
ultima semana para quem de direito refletir e ver como nos ainda andamos 
a brincar aos cowboys.

"O Partido Trabalhista ingles continua a demonstrar a sua vocacao para se 
transformar no <<partido 'multimedia' do sec. XXI>>.
No inicio de Dezembro, ao apresentar um novo conjunto de propostas para 
a renovacao do sistema de ensino britanico, o lider dos <<Labour>>, Tony 
Blair, sublinhou a intencao de um futuro governo trabalhista conceder a 
cada crianca, em idade escolar, um computador  e uma ligacao a Internet.
Este anuncio segue-se a revelacao, feita dois meses antes, de um acordo 
com a British Telecom (BT), segundo o qual, se o Partido Trabalhista 
chegar ao poder, concedera a BT e aos outros operadores de 
telecomunicacoes a possibilidade de competir no apetecido mercado da 
talevisao digital.
Em contrapartida, a companhia BT comprometer-se-a a ligar as escolas, 
universidades, hospitais e bibliotecas entre si e a Internet"


Agora pergunto-me, a nossa Portugal Telecom que e a dona exclusiva do 
nosso espao de Telecomunicacoes portugueses, com os aumentos de 8 e 
9% das suas taxas e servics para este ano nao poderia ser "obrigada" 
pelo Estado portugues a finalmente fazer algo de util e de concreto?
Ou sera que andamos todos a pagar para um servio rudimentar, 
fundamental e muito mal servido?
Vejam como la fora, apesar de ser so ainda uma ideia, ja nao pensam como 
bebes.
Vinte valores so pela ideia. E se for como em Portugal e as promessas do 
PS antes das eleicoes, entao a ideia vai mesmo para a frente.

Paulo Jorge Melo
-- 
_____________________________________
Paulo Jorge Melo
Comissao de Coordenacao da Regiao Centro
Gabinete de Informatica e Estatistica
Coimbra - Portugal
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>Nao quero deixar de colocar aqui uma noticia que vinha no Expresso, da 
>ultima semana para quem de direito refletir e ver como nos ainda andamos 
>a brincar aos cowboys.
>
>"O Partido Trabalhista ingles continua a demonstrar a sua vocacao para se 
>transformar no <<partido 'multimedia' do sec. XXI>>.
>No inicio de Dezembro, ao apresentar um novo conjunto de propostas para 
>a renovacao do sistema de ensino britanico, o lider dos <<Labour>>, Tony 
>Blair, sublinhou a intencao de um futuro governo trabalhista conceder a 
>cada crianca, em idade escolar, um computador  e uma ligacao a Internet.
>Este anuncio segue-se a revelacao, feita dois meses antes, de um acordo 
>com a British Telecom (BT), segundo o qual, se o Partido Trabalhista 
>chegar ao poder, concedera a BT e aos outros operadores de 
>telecomunicacoes a possibilidade de competir no apetecido mercado da 
>talevisao digital.
>Em contrapartida, a companhia BT comprometer-se-a a ligar as escolas, 
>universidades, hospitais e bibliotecas entre si e a Internet"
>
>
>Agora pergunto-me, a nossa Portugal Telecom que e a dona exclusiva do 
>nosso espao de Telecomunicacoes portugueses, com os aumentos de 8 e 
>9% das suas taxas e servics para este ano nao poderia ser "obrigada" 
>pelo Estado portugues a finalmente fazer algo de util e de concreto?
>Ou sera que andamos todos a pagar para um servio rudimentar, 
>fundamental e muito mal servido?
>Vejam como la fora, apesar de ser so ainda uma ideia, ja nao pensam como 
>bebes.
>Vinte valores so pela ideia. E se for como em Portugal e as promessas do 
>PS antes das eleicoes, entao a ideia vai mesmo para a frente.
>
>Paulo Jorge Melo
>-- 
>_____________________________________
>Paulo Jorge Melo
>Comissao de Coordenacao da Regiao Centro
>Gabinete de Informatica e Estatistica
>Coimbra - Portugal
>____________________________________
>
E' realmente uma ideia muito boa. Para Portugal, todavia, no seu conjunto,
creio que seria um grande progresso oferecer a todas as criancas professores
competentes, felizes (bem pagos)e entusiastas (bons comunicadores), bons
programas e alguns livros bem feitos e adequados ao fim em vista...
AJ Franco de Oliveira.
AJFO

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Caros e Caras Colegas

Recordo que esta em preparacao um numero tematico da revista Quadrante cujo
tema e aspectos sociais e culturais da aula de Matematica.
Cintribuicoes sao bem vindas.
A data limite de entraga de artigos (pequenos, grandes e medios) e 30 de Mar=
co.
Ao trabalho!

Cumprimentos, Joao Filipe Matos



* REVISTA QUADRANTE * REVISTA QUADRANTE * REVISTA QUADRANTE *

Perspectivas sociais e culturais
da aula de Matem=E1tica
N=FAmero Tem=E1tico de Dezembro de 1996

Pedido de artigos

Editor Convidado: Jo=E3o Filipe Matos

At=E9 h=E1 pouco tempo, a aula de Matem=E1tica era vista em geral como uma
entidade homog=E9nea, um local para aprendizagem de uma disciplina de
natureza vincadamente acad=E9mica, povoada por alunos que aprendem e fazem
(ou n=E3o) aquilo que o professor ensina. Depois de uma fase de investiga=E7=
=E3o
em que se procurava em larga medida identificar as dificuldades espec=EDfica=
s
e individuais dos alunos, proliferou uma abordagem de natureza sociol=F3gica=
.
Mais recentemente, a cultura tem vindo a ser cada vez mais identificada
como a chave para a compreens=E3o das ra=EDzes e das formas atrav=E9s das=
 quais o
saber matem=E1tico =E9 apropriado.

O n=FAmero tem=E1tico da Quadrante a editar em Dezembro de 1996, focar=E1 o =
tema
da aula de Matem=E1tica, com =EAnfase nos seus aspectos sociais e culturais.
Mais do que apresentar uma vis=E3o sistem=E1tica desta =E1rea de trabalho, o
objectivo deste n=FAmero =E9 ilustrar e divulgar algumas vertentes que est=
=E3o
actualmente a ser investigadas. Assim, poder=E3o ser discutidas diversas
facetas e quest=F5es desta tem=E1tica. Os artigos ser=E3o agrupados e=
 editados de
acordo com o t=F3pico em que se centrarem.

As propostas de artigo dever=E3o ser enviadas at=E9 ao dia 30 de Mar=E7o de =
1996
para: QUADRANTE, Associa=E7=E3o de Professores de Matem=E1tica, Escola Super=
ior
de Educa=E7=E3o de Lisboa, Rua Carolina Michaelis de Vasconcelos, 1500 LISBO=
A
PORTUGAL.
Os autores dever=E3o explicitar que se trata de um artigo submetido para
publica=E7=E3o neste n=FAmero tem=E1tico. Na =FAltima p=E1gina poder=E3o ser=
 encontradas
as normas a que estas propostas dever=E3o obedecer. Caso necessite de
qualquer informa=E7=E3o adicional poder=E1 contactar: Jo=E3o Filipe Matos, D=
ep.
Educa=E7=E3o, FCUL, Campo Grande, C1, 2=BA, 1700 LISBOA PORTUGAL. Telef.:
351-1-7573141, ext 2223, email: ejfm@cc.fc.ul.pt

* QUADRANTE * QUADRANTE * QUADRANTE * QUADRANTE * QUADRANTE *

Social and cultural perspectives
about the mathematics classroom
December 1996 Focus Issue

Call for papers

Guest Editor: Jo=E3o Filipe Matos

Until recently, the mathematics classroom was seen as a homogeneous
cultural entity, a place for learning an academic discipline, peopled by
students who learn and do things properly, plus the deviants who don't.
After the search for the nature of individual difficulties, social accounts
of mathematics learning have proliferated. More recently, culture has
become more and more identified as the key to understanding the ground on
which the learner appropriates meaning.

The December 1996 issue of Quadrante will focus on the theme of the
mathematics classroom with emphasis on social and cultural aspects. The aim
of this focus issue is not to present a systematic overview of the field,
but rather to illustrate some of the research avenues currently being
examined. You might discuss various facets of the problem. Contributions
will be grouped and edited according to the topic of analysis.

Contributions may be published in Portuguese, Spanish, French or English.
=46ive copies of the complete manuscript with no identification of authorshi=
p
should be sent for review no later than March 30th 1996 to: QUADRANTE,
Associa=E7=E3o de Professores de Matem=E1tica, Escola Superior de Educa=E7=
=E3o de
Lisboa, Rua Carolina Michaelis Vasconcelos ,1500 LISBOA PORTUGAL.

State clearly that the manuscript is being submitted for this focus issue.
 If you need any additional information, please contact: Jo=E3o Filipe Mato=
s
Dep. Educa=E7=E3o, FCUL, Campo Grande, C1, 2=BA, 1700 LISBOA PORTUGAL. Telef=
:
351-1-7573141, ext 2223, email: ejfm@scosysv.fc.ul.pt.

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>>Nao quero deixar de colocar aqui uma noticia que vinha no Expresso, da
>>ultima semana para quem de direito refletir e ver como nos ainda andamos
>>a brincar aos cowboys.
>>
>>"O Partido Trabalhista ingles continua a demonstrar a sua vocacao para se
>>transformar no <<partido 'multimedia' do sec. XXI>>.
>>No inicio de Dezembro, ao apresentar um novo conjunto de propostas para
>>a renovacao do sistema de ensino britanico, o lider dos <<Labour>>, Tony
>>Blair, sublinhou a intencao de um futuro governo trabalhista conceder a
>>cada crianca, em idade escolar, um computador  e uma ligacao a Internet.
>>Este anuncio segue-se a revelacao, feita dois meses antes, de um acordo
>>com a British Telecom (BT), segundo o qual, se o Partido Trabalhista
>>chegar ao poder, concedera a BT e aos outros operadores de
>>telecomunicacoes a possibilidade de competir no apetecido mercado da
>>talevisao digital.
>>Em contrapartida, a companhia BT comprometer-se-a a ligar as escolas,
>>universidades, hospitais e bibliotecas entre si e a Internet"
>>

>>
>E' realmente uma ideia muito boa. Para Portugal, todavia, no seu conjunto,
>creio que seria um grande progresso oferecer a todas as criancas professores
>competentes, felizes (bem pagos)e entusiastas (bons comunicadores), bons
>programas e alguns livros bem feitos e adequados ao fim em vista...
>AJ Franco de Oliveira.
>AJFO
>
Em termos de custos nao sei se a proposta do Franco de Oliveira saira muito
mais economica. Bem feitas as contas e capaz de ser bem mais cara!

Alem disso, quem sabe se as duas coisas nao estao correlacionadas? No nosso
tempo, ser entusiasta e feliz nao passa por se sentir integrado com o
desenvolvimento tecnologico e cultural da humanidade?

Em vez de opormos "tecnologia" e "valores humanos", talvez seja mais
produtivo ver como e que as duas coisas se podem alimentar reciprocamente.

Joao Pedro da Ponte

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Departamento de Educacao da Faculdade de Ciencias
Universidade de Lisboa

Edificio C1-Campo Grande-1700 LISBOA-PORTUGAL
fax office (351-1)-757-3624
tel. office (351-1)-7573141 ext 1103 or 2012
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