This is a session of Topic 10: An international perspective on statistics education
(Monday 12th, 14:00-16:00)
One hundred years of progress — teaching statistics 1910 to 2010: what have we learned?
Organizer
- John Harraway (New Zealand)
Abstract
This session will have a “main” session and an “outreach” session.Speakers in the main session will focus upon one particular context (country or theme) for teaching statistics, and will compare today’s situation with that around 1910 and/or 1860 and 1960. Key questions will include the following:
- Audiences, perceived and actual — Who are/were the learners? What is the impact upon curriculum and pedagogy?
- Technology and innovations — How do these constrain or enhance the teaching message?
- “External relationships” — How does statistics relate to other subjects? What international contacts are there?
- Lessons for the future.
The associated outreach activity may involve a series of posters. All ICOTS participants and others will be encouraged to do some local research into the statistical history of their country or of a theme of interest, and will be asked to send 1-3 pages of images and text relating to what was going on in statistics teaching around the year 1910 (or 1960 or 1860 according to preference). These will be displayed during the conference.
Papers
| Paper | Title | Presenter(s) / Author(s) |
| 10G1 | Florence Nightingale (d.1910): passionate educator? | John Bibby (England) |
| 10G2 | Evolutions and revolutions in government statistics, and what we need to teach and learn | Metka Zaletel (Slovenia) Len Cook (New Zealand) |
| 10G3 | One hundred years of progress — teaching statistics 1910 to 2010: what have we learned? Part 1: It’s not mathematics but real data in context | Neville Davies (United Kingdom) Vic Barnett (United Kingdom) John Marriott (United Kingdom) |
| 10G4 | One hundred years of progress — teaching statistics 1910 to 2010: what have we learned? Part 2: Problem solving, pedagogy and employees | John Marriott (United Kingdom) Vic Barnett (United Kingdom) Neville Davies (United Kingdom) |