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PLENARY PANEL SPEAKERS
Panel 1: Living in the world of numbers – being
mathematically literate
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Aarnout Brombacher
is the former head of the mathematics department
at Westerford High School and a Past President
of AMESA. In 1996 he won a scholarship for a
Masters degree in Mathematics Education at the
University of Georgia in the USA. In his thesis
he looked at the experience of teachers involved
in curriculum change. As the chair of the AMESA
Curriculum Committee he takes a special interest
in curriculum development in the country. He
served on the National Department of Education’s
Mathematics working group team that developed
the Mathematics Subject Statement for the new
Revised National Curriculum Statement. Over the
last two years he devoted most of his energies
to projects related to the implementation of
Mathematical Literacy.
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Hamsa Venkatakrishnan
is currently working as a postdoctoral research
fellow in the Marang Wits Centre at the
University of the Witwatersrand, focusing on the
implementation of Mathematical Literacy in
schools. Prior to this, Hamsa was based in
London for many years, working initially, as a
high school mathematics teacher in London
comprehensive schools, before moving into
teacher education at the Institute of Education
and research in mathematics education at King’s
College. She obtained her PhD at Kings College
London and is the winner of the 2005 British
Educational Research Association dissertation
award for making the most significant
contribution to research in education.
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Alwyn Olivier
is senior lecturer in Mathematics Education and
director of the Research Unit for Mathematics
Education at the University of Stellenbosch (RUMEUS),
where he is involved with mathematics teacher
education of pre-service and in-service
teachers, with a special interest in
mathematical literacy. He also worked in adult
basic education and in the late nineties he was
director of the influential MALATI (Mathematics
Learning and Teaching) project. He is an NRF
(National Research Foundation) rated scientist,
currently working on an NRF project on the use
of technology tools in mathematics teacher
professional development. Alwyn is an honorary
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Dipuo Sekoboto is currently teaching
Mathematical Literacy and Sesotho at Kgonathuto
Secondary School in Phuthaditjhaba . She has
been teaching Grade 8 to 10 Mathematics at this
school since 1984. Prior to this she taught
Mathematics at Thabo Tokoza Secondary School in
Bethlehem. She studied at the University of the
Free State where she obtained a NPDE diploma
specialising in Mathematics and Science. In the
afternoons, Dipuo teaches Sesotho at tertiary
level at Itenoheleng Technical College. She
chairs her school’s sports committee and serves
on the student affairs committee. She is
involved in her community as treasurer of her
church and also the Community Service
Committee.. |
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