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Eleonora Stettner
Adventures on the Borderland of Mathematics and Arts: the Kaposvár University's "CrossBorderScience" Project (2011-2012)
In the framework of the CrossBorderScience Project we launched an international program for Hungarian and Croatian high school students, based on experience-centered learning methods of mathematics and physics through visual arts. The events took place in Hungarian and Croatian venues. This presentation provides a short overview of the project. nonPeerReviewed
GeoMaTech: Integrating Technology and New Pedagogical Approaches Into Primary and Secondary School Teaching to Enhance Mathematics Education in Hungary
During the past decades, technology has been becoming an integral part of everyday life and slowly shaping mathematics and science teaching and learning (e.g. Heid & Blume, 2008). Although there have been enormous investments on educational technologies in many countries technology has yet to make a sizable impact on education (e.g. Drijvers et al., 2010). On the one hand students are becoming increasingly proficient users of technology while on the other hand opportunities offered by technologies have still little been utilized. Nevertheless, as technologies are becoming more integrated into education, they are providing new opportunities for pedagogical approaches and classroom organizati…