International Meeting “Teachers Understanding Mathemathics in

Pisa (TUMP)”

TUMP Meeting: a wish list

Baeza, 21-24 May 2015

FESPM International Relations

The main aim of the International Relations Secretary is to promote international actions, as well as the exchange of experiences and information with other international organizations in order to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics at all educational levels.

FESPM International Relations

- Ibero-American Federation of Associations of Mathematics Teachers (FISEM) (Wide-ranging activity)

(APM)

- Europea Federation of Associations of Mathematics Teachers (FEAPM) (Lack of activity)

(APEMP)

SeRIn – Actions on European “dimension” (I)• Working topic focused on external assessments in Mathematics (PISA

power)-Narrow collaboration with INEE

• International Meeting “Culture and comparisons in international evaluations in Mathematics”, March 2014-Cantabria (Spain), with participants from 8 countries: France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom

• Erasmus+ KA2 Project “TRUMP” (FESPM, Univ. of Manchester, Univ. of Turin, Univ. of Duissburg-Essen, APM, ATM )

• Poster on TRUMP in CERME9, February 2015-Prague

SeRIn – Actions on European “dimension” (II)

Meeting TUMP, May 2015-Baeza (APM, APEMP, FESPM, INEE , INVALSI, IREM)

Our expectation is not only to develop the whole meeting programme but also to get to some conclusions that allows us to mantain links in future.

Some expected meeting outcomes

• Common position on external evaluations in Mathematics

• Sharing good practices carried out in this context in several countries

• Establishing institutional cooperation on this issue between associations of teachers (joint project, periodical meetings, etc.)