The 3rd Irish Symposium for Undergraduate Mathematics Education
15-16 December, 2006
National University of Ireland, Galway.

The 3rd Irish Symposium for Undergraduate Mathematics Education took place at NUI Galway on December 15th and 16th, 2006. Sixty participants for thirteen Irish 3rd level institutes attended. See below for full details of the Speakers and Programme

ISUME3 Participants

Some of the 60 people who attended ISUME3 at NUI Galway in December 2006.

ISUME3 Speakers

Left to right: Maria Meehan (UCD), Thérèse Dooley (SPD), Elena Nardi (University of East Anglia), Patricia Eaton (Stranmillis), Ray Ryan (NUI Galway), Lara Alcock (University of Essex), Brien Nolan (DCU), Kevin Jennings (UCD). Not present: Sharon Flynn (NUI Galway), Tom Carroll and Kieran Mulchrone (UCC).

The symposium aims are:

• To encourage discussion, debate and sharing of ideas among mathematics educators on the teaching and learning of mathematics at the third level.
• To expose mathematics educators to the emerging body of published research on the teaching and learning of mathematics at the third level.
• To support research in mathematics education at the third level and thus raise the profile of Ireland in this field internationally.

Speakers

• Lara Alcock, University of Essex. [Abstract]
• Tom Carroll and Kieran Mulchrone, School of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, University College Cork. [Abstract]
• Thérèse Dooley, St Patrick's College, Dublin and University of Cambridge. [Abstract]
• Patricia Eaton, Stranmillis University College. [Abstract]
• Sharon Flynn, CELT, NUI Galway. [Abstract]
• Kevin Jennings, University College Dublin. [Abstract]
• Maria Meehan, University College Dublin. [Abstract]
• Elena Nardi, University of East Anglia. [Abstract]
• Brien Nolan, Dublin City University. [Abstract]
• Ray Ryan, NUI Galway.

Location

ISUME3 will take place on the campus of NUI Galway (See [Google Maps] or [MapQuest])

All talks will be held in the McMunn lecture theatre on the Arts and Science Concourse, and the wine reception will be in the main Quadrangle. See Campus Map.

Programme

ISUME3 will begin with registration from 1pm to 2pm on Friday, 15 December, and will be formally opened at 2pm by Dr Iognáid Ó Muircheartaigh President of NUI Galway. ISUME3 will conclude by 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon.

A detailed programme for ISUME3 is now on-line.

Registration

To register, please send an email to Niall Madden. If you plan to attend, but have not yet registered, please do so as soon as possible. Also indicate if you'll be attending the conference dinner.

The conference fee is €25 (reduced to €10 for students), payable by cheque or cash on arrival.

The conference dinner will be held at the Westwood Hotel and will cost €35, also to be paid on arrival.

Galway

ISUME3 will be help on the campus of NUI Galway.

• Travel
  

  There are regular rail connections from Dublin to Galway, and bus connections from all Irish cities and towns.
  There are direct flights to Galway Airport from Belfast, Dublin, Luton, Manchester, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Lorient, Cardiff, Leeds, Cork and Prague. The Airport is 7kms from the NUI Galway campus. Taxis typically cost €25. Directions to NUI Galway by car. There is a limited number of pay-and-display parking places for visitors.

• Accommodation: The following are convenient for the NUI Galway campus:
  • The Westwood Hotel, 091 521 442.
  • Abbey House B & B, 091-524394
  Please contact Ireland West for further information about accommodation near NUI Galway.

Organisers

• Maria Meehan, Department of Mathematics, University College Dublin.
• Meriel Huggard, Department of Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin.
• Rachel Quinlan, Department of Mathematics, NUI Galway.
• Niall Madden, Department of Mathematics, NUI Galway.

Support

• the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT), NUI Galway.
• the Office of the Registrar and Deputy President, NUI Galway.
• the Quality Office, NUI Galway.
• the Irish Universities Quality Board (IUQB)

Links

Links to materials from talks

• Request for feedback on Lara Alock's talk.
• From Brien Nolan's talk Case Studies for Tutor Training: www.dcu.ie/~nolanb/casestudies.htm
• From Shanon Flynn's talk, the blog entry for Why does engineering/math/science education in the US suck? can be found at: headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/11/why_does_engine.html
• Request for feed-back on Lara Alock's talk.

Other

• ISUME 2, UCD December 2004.
• ISUME 1, TCD December 2002.
• The Department of Mathematics, NUI Galway.