The ERME Topic Conference on Connecting the Learning of Mathematics Teaching to Practice will take place at Charles University in Prague, the Czech Republic, February 4 to 7, 2026.
NEW DEADLINE!
Anyone interested in attending the conference, please register in Conftool by September 21.
Worldwide, the professional education of teachers has done little to change conventional mathematics teaching. In response, scholars have argued for greater attention to the learning of practice, learning to “do” mathematics teaching. This ERME topic conference focuses on what it takes to get the learning of practice at the forefront, to infuse regard for teaching as a practice (in and outside the classroom) throughout the system of professional education (pre-service and in-service), in goals, design, activities, and assessments.
We invite research-based contributions related to the following three questions:
- What foundational things do mathematics teachers need to learn to do as they learn to teach?
- What is involved in learning mathematics teaching?
- How can we design and carry out professional education for the learning of practice?
We aim for a discussion where we share our growing understanding and raise cross-study questions, warranting claims in relation to teaching and the learning of practice.
In the first eight CERMEs, a single working group explored the education of mathematics teachers. Subsequently, the group split into three: Mathematics Teacher Education and Professional Development (TWG18); Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Practice(s) (TWG19); and Mathematics Teacher Knowledge, Beliefs and Identity (TWG20). This conference brings these groups together again to consider what it takes to learn teaching. In light of recent developments in these three TWGs, this topic conference encourages attention to issues of equity (in mathematics teaching and in the recruitment and education of teachers) and the design of activities and tasks for learning teaching in ways that impact practice. In addition, for studies carried out in the context of one’s own practice, explicit attention should be given to how multiple roles are ethically managed and how analytic clarity is maintained in design, methods, and claims.
We are planning for 80 participants and the criteria for acceptance will be: (i) relevance to the conference topic, and (ii) quality of the submission.
Organizing Committee: Libuše Samková (Czech Republic) (Lead), Miguel Montes (Spain) (Co-Lead), Mark Hoover (USA) (Co-Lead), Fanni Biro (Hungary), Janne Fauskanger (Norway), Federica Ferretti (Italy), Marita Friesen (Germany), Reidar Mosvold (Norway), Naďa Vondrová (Czech Republic)
International Programme Committee: Stefan Zehetmeier (Austria) (Lead), Miguel Montes (Spain), Andreas Stylianides (United Kingdom) (ERME Board), Janne Fauskanger (Norway), Libuše Samková (Czech Republic)
Local Organizing Committee: Naďa Vondrová (Czech Republic) (Lead), Maria Chiara Cibien (Italy), Federica Ferretti (Italy), Radka Havlíčková (Czech Republic), David Janda (Czech Republic), Jakub Michal (Czech Republic), Sophia Pantelaki (Czech Republic and Greece), Libuše Samková (Czech Republic), Jana Slezáková (Czech Republic)
Contact us: info.etc2026@pedf.cuni.cz