Connectivity in Mathematics Education: Drawing Some Lessons from the Current Experiences and Questioning the Future of the Concept

Luc Trouche (1)

1 EA S2HEP - Sciences et Société ; Historicité, Éducation et Pratiques

The concept of connectivity, following the development of Internet resources, is more and more widely used, in the society in general, and in the mathematics education community in particular. This chapter aims to question the different meanings, and the potential, of this emergent concept. For this purpose, it lies first on the experience of the author, considering both connecting students as a support of their mathematics learning, and connecting teachers as a support of their professional development. Then it considers the views expressed in the connectivity panel occurring in the 17th ICMI study, dedicated to technology in mathematics education. Finally, it discusses the dynamics of the concept itself for the future of mathematics education

Mots clés: Connectivity; mathematics education; teacher professional development

Domaines: Histoire et perspectives sur les mathématiques [math.HO]; Education

Luc Trouche. Connectivity in Mathematics Education: Drawing Some Lessons from the Current Experiences and Questioning the Future of the Concept. Tools and mathematics. Instruments for learning, 110, Springer International Publishing, pp.433-466, 2016, Mathematics education library, 978-3-319-02395-3. ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-02396-0_19⟩. ⟨hal-01541117⟩