Mathematical Modelling Futures: Compelling Directions for Research

Speaker

Prof. Vince Geiger, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane

 Abstract

Global challenges, including the impacts of the environment crisis, societal disruptions, and the emergence accessible big data and AI, have implications for the direction of mathematical modelling education. In this presentation, I will draw on both my research, and that of others, to speculate what research needs to be done to inform curriculum of compelling changes that must be made to prepare young people for a world that is shaping to be so dramatically different to any previous generation. The presentation will provide opportunity to discuss not only the challenges faced by young people but how education can foster the agency and critical capabilities needed to be adaptive and to find solutions.

Vince Geiger is Research Director of STEM education: Design and growth across disciplines, President of ICTMA - International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling and Editor-in-Chief of Mathematics Education Research Journal