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DeutschGila Hanna
Gila Hanna is a Canadian mathematics educator and philosopher of mathematics whose research interests include the nature and educational role of mathematical proofs, and gender in mathematics education. She is professor emerita in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the University of Toronto, affiliated with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,[1] the former director of mathematics education at the Fields Institute,[2] and the founder of the Canadian Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education.[3]
Books
[edit]Hanna is the author of Contact and Communication: An Evaluation of Bilingual Student Exchange Programs (OISE Press, 1980) and Rigorous Proof in Mathematics Education (OISE Press, 1983).[4] Her numerous edited volumes include:
- Creativity, Thought and Mathematical Proof (edited with Ian Winchester, 1990)[5]
- Towards Gender Equity in Mathematics Education (1996)[6]
- Proof Technology in Mathematics Research and Teaching (edited with David Reid and Michael de Villiers, 2019)[7]
Recognition
[edit]Hanna was named a Fields Institute Fellow in 2003.[8] She was the 2020 winner of the Partners in Research Dr. Jonathon Borwein Mathematics Ambassador Award.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gila Hanna", Faculty profiles, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, University of Toronto, retrieved 2020-12-23
- ^ Blades, David (October 2001), "Newsround", Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 1 (4): 479–482, Bibcode:2001CJSMT...1..479B, doi:10.1080/14926150109556490
- ^ a b PIRNA 2020, Partners in Research, retrieved 2020-12-23
- ^ Jacobs, Konrad (August 1986), "Review of Rigorous Proof in Mathematics Education", Educational Studies in Mathematics, 17 (3): 327–329, JSTOR 3482233
- ^ Merow, Craig B. (October 1991), "Review of Creativity, Thought and Mathematical Proof", The Mathematics Teacher, 84 (7): 572, JSTOR 27967288
- ^ Burton, Leone (March 1997), "Review of Towards Gender Equity in Mathematics Education", Educational Studies in Mathematics, 32 (3): 293–297, JSTOR 3482636
- ^ Morneau-Guérin, Frédéric (May 2020), "Review of Proof Technology in Mathematics Research and Teaching", MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America
- ^ Fields Institute Fellows, Fields Institute, retrieved 2020-12-23