Faculty Events and Seminars
School of Education Seminar Series
Judith Falle (School of Education) ‘Language is the dress of thought: A model of conceptual development based on language use’
12.30pm on 25 November 2009 - Room 224 Education Building (E7)
Teachers use “extremely subtle pragmatic interpretive judgements […] regularly in the course of mathematics teaching and learning…’ (Pimm, 1987, p.167). The form of their discourse – the coherence, the structure and modality, characteristics of natural language in use – indicates the commitment of students to the truth-value of their statements. Hence, the listener might infer the extent of students’ confidence in their understanding.
In this study, linguistic features were identified that could be aligned with the conceptual growth of students in the context of introductory algebra. The aim was to devise a model that provided explicit, objective evidence to support the subtle, interpretive judgements made by teachers. It is proposed that the model might prove to be more generally applicable.
Please feel free to bring your lunch. All interested persons are welcome to attend
Kirby Seminar Series (School of Law)
The Kirby Seminar Series began on 23 March, 2001 with the inaugural seminar presented by Justice Michael Kirby of the High Court of Australia entitled, The Future of Human Rights.
The purpose of the series is to stimulate and share ideas for, and the substance of, legal scholarship through attracting high calibre national and international speakers, drawing upon academics from the wider university community and offering a platform for researchers (including PhD students) from within the UNE School of Law.
More information about the series is available from http://www.une.edu.au/law/kirby_seminars/