This is a session of Topic 10: An international perspective on statistics education

Other sessions under topic 10 ... 10A: Statistics teaching in the Asian context 10B: Statistics education in Africa 10C: Statistics education in developing countries 10D: International projects that improve statistics education 10E: The role that National Statistics Offices play in promoting statistics literacy 10G: One hundred years of progress — teaching statistics 1910 to 2010: what have we learned?

(Friday 16th, 14:00-16:00)

Statistics education in South America

Organizer

• Teresita Evelina Terán (Argentina)

Abstract

The goal of this session is to present a cross-section of papers that inform about the actual situation, the developments, actual trends and projects in all the levels (primary, secondary and tertiary: colleagues and universities) that are taking place in statistics education in South America.
We will focus attention on:

• Learning and teaching in diverse countries
• The curriculum at different levels
• The role of technology
• The impact of recent research on statistics education
• The impact of statistics reasoning from elementary through university schooling
• The situation of journals in statistics education in the different countries
• Post-graduate programs in statistics education
• The evolution and roles of teachers’ associations

We propose an analysis from a broad perspective considering the different situations on each educational system taking in account not only the fortress but also the weakness of statistical education.

Papers

Paper	Title	Presenter(s) / Author(s)
10F1	Trajectory and prospects of statistics education in Brazil	Irene Cazorla (Brazil) Tânia Campos (Brazil) Cláudia Borim da Silva (Brazil) Verônica Yumi Kataoka (Brazil)
10F2	The impact of an instance of quaternary education	Teresita Evelina Terán (Argentina) Mercedes Anido de López (Argentina)
10F3	Different views of a basic statistics course	Marcos Magalhães (Brazil)
10F4	Teaching statistics to physicians: a five-years experience	Ângela Tavares Paes (Brazil)

Other sessions under topic 10 ... 10A: Statistics teaching in the Asian context 10B: Statistics education in Africa 10C: Statistics education in developing countries 10D: International projects that improve statistics education 10E: The role that National Statistics Offices play in promoting statistics literacy 10G: One hundred years of progress — teaching statistics 1910 to 2010: what have we learned?