APMEP in brief
Founded in 1910, APMEP is an association which:
is voluntary and totally independent of politics and trade unions
represents mathematics teachers from nursery school to university
is the only professional organisation for secondary school teachers (11 to 18 years old students)
APMEP is simultaneously concerned with:
syllabuses contents
skills required from students
teaching and training methods
timetables and class sizes, and especially class splitting
the harmonisation between key stages
the improvement of the mathematics status as a training tool rather than a selection tool
APMEP is a place for:
freedom of speech and the confrontation of ideas
cooperative approaches to self learning
proposals for a mathematics teaching policy
APMEP plays a part in:
defending its positions, particularly about fundamental concerns as those expressed above
bringing in new tools (calculators, geometry software, calculation software…)
making developments and team approaches easier (initial and continuing training, maths laboratories…)
APMEP takes action to: preserve, give, or restore:
a taste for mathematics
the pleasure of doing it
For APMEP, doing mathematics means:
identifying and formulating a problem
testing examples
conjecturing a result
collecting proof
implementing theoretical tools
checking results and their relevance
presenting a research, a solution
simultaneously developing
the individual and collective works of students
the sense of listening and debating
perseverance
imagining skills ,having a critical mind, being consistent and rigorous
Doing mathematics is useful for:
the development of the intellect social and cultural life professional life