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This book takes stock of the state of affairs of the teaching and learning of mathematical modelling with regard to research, development and practice. It provides a conceptual framework for mathematical modelling in mathematics education at all education levels, as well as the background and resources for teachers to acquire the knowledge and competencies that will allow them to successfully include modelling in their teaching, with an emphasis on the secondary school level. Mathematics teachers, mathematics education researchers and developers will benefit from this book.

Expertly written and researched, this book includes a comprehensive overview of research results in the field, an exposition of the educational goals associated with modelling, the essential components of modelling competency and an extensive discussion of didacticopedagogical challenges in modelling. Moreover, it offers a wide variety of illuminating cases and best-practice examples in addition to insights into the focal points for future research and practice.

The Learning and Teaching of Mathematical Modelling is an invaluable resource for teachers, researchers, textbook authors, secondary school mathematics teachers, undergraduate and graduate students of mathematics as well as student teachers.

This book takes stock of the state of affairs of the teaching and learning of mathematical modelling with regard to research, development and practice. It provides a conceptual framework for mathematical modelling in mathematics education at all education levels, as well as the background and resources for teachers to acquire the knowledge and competencies that will allow them to successfully include modelling in their teaching, with an emphasis on the secondary school level. Mathematics teachers, mathematics education researchers and developers will benefit from this book.

Expertly written and researched, this book includes a comprehensive overview of research results in the field, an exposition of the educational goals associated with modelling, the essential components of modelling competency and an extensive discussion of didacticopedagogical challenges in modelling. Moreover, it offers a wide variety of illuminating cases and best-practice examples in addition to insights into the focal points for future research and practice.

The Learning and Teaching of Mathematical Modelling is an invaluable resource for teachers, researchers, textbook authors, secondary school mathematics teachers, undergraduate and graduate students of mathematics as well as student teachers.

In this volume cultural, social and cognitive influences on the research and teaching of mathematical modelling are explored from a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives. The authors of the current volume are all members of the International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling and Applications, the peak research body in this field. A distinctive feature of this volume is the high number of authors from South American countries. These authors bring quite a different perspective to modelling than has been showcased in previous books in this series, in particular from a cultural point of view. As well as recent international research, there is a strong emphasis on pedagogical issues including those associated with technology and assessment, in the teaching and learning of modelling. Applications at various levels of education are exemplified. The contributions reflect common issues shared globally and represent emergent or on-going challenges.

This volume documents on-going research and theorising in the sub-field of mathematics education devoted to the teaching and learning of mathematical modelling and applications. Mathematical modelling provides a way of conceiving and resolving problems in the life world of people whether these range from the everyday individual numeracy level to sophisticated new problems for society at large. Mathematical modelling and real world applications are considered as having potential for multi-disciplinary work that involves knowledge from a variety of communities of practice such as those in different workplaces (e.g., those of educators, designers, construction engineers, museum curators) and in different fields of academic endeavour (e.g., history, archaeology, mathematics, economics). From an educational perspective, researching the development of competency in real world modelling involves research situated in crossing the boundaries between being a student engaged in modelling or mathematical application to real word tasks in the classroom, being a teacher of mathematical modelling (in or outside the classroom or bridging both), and being a modeller of the world outside the classroom. This is the focus of many of the authors of the chapters in this book. All authors of this volume are members of the International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling (ICTMA), the peak research body into researching the teaching and learning of mathematical modelling at all levels of education from the early years to tertiary education as well as in the workplace.

Der vorliegende Band ist der vierte Band mit "Neuen Materialien für einen realitätsbezogenen Mathematikunterricht". Er enthält eine Sammlung von aktualisierten und überarbeiteten Beiträgen zur Istron-Schriftenreihe aus den letzten 25 Jahren, die uns als besonders fruchtbar und anregend erschienen, als „Best of“ dieser Schriftenreihe.

Seit 1991 gibt es eine deutschsprachige ISTRON-Gruppe, die das Ziel verfolgt, Modellierungen und Realitätsbezüge in den (all-)täglichen Mathematikunterricht zu integrieren. Die ISTRON-Gruppe gibt seit dieser Zeit eine Schriftenreihe mit Materialien für einen realitätsbezogenen Mathematikunterricht heraus. Diese Reihe richtet sich an Mathematiklehrende an Schulen und Hochschulen, aber auch an Studierende und Dozierende in der Weiterbildung. Die Beiträge zeigen, wie man mathematische Anwendungen und Modellierungen im alltäglichen Mathematikunterricht implementieren kann. Es werden interessante, relevante und aktuelle Themen aufgegriffen, für denUnterricht aufbereitet und lernerorientiert dargestellt.

Das Buch stellt empirisch gesicherte Erkenntnisse über Lernumgebungen im Bereich Modellieren vor. Dabei wird den Bestrebungen nach mehr Wissenschaftlichkeit einerseits und einer hinreichend ausführlichen Beschreibung der untersuchten Lernumgebungen andererseits Rechnung getragen. Die vorgestellten Ansätze zur Förderung der Modellierungskompetenz sind in die aktuelle Modellierungsdiskussion eingebunden und wurden mit qualitativen oder quantitativen Methoden evaluiert. Der Hauptfokus wird in diesem Band aber auf die Lernumgebungen und zugehörige Unterrichtsmaterialien gelegt. Die Lernumgebungen wurden alle in der Praxis erprobt und stellen in diesem Sinne „Best-Practice“-Beispiele dar, die Anregungen und Ermutigungen für praktizierende und künftige Lehrer und Hochschullehrer geben sollen.

Im vorliegenden Band wird verdeutlicht, welche Kompetenzen Lehrkräfte haben sollten, um Schülerinnen und Schülern im Unterricht mathematisches Modellieren zu vermitteln. Im ersten Teil des Buches liegt der Fokus auf den zum Unterrichten von Modellierung in der Schule nötigen Lehrerkompetenzen. Dabei werden auch Möglichkeiten zur Förderung solcher Kompetenzen aufgezeigt. Im zweiten Teil des Buches stehen Konzepte für die Lehreraus- und -fortbildung im Vordergrund, die angehenden und praktizierenden Lehrkräften jene Kompetenzen vermitteln können. Lehrende in Schule und Hochschule wie auch Studierende des Lehramts finden in diesem Buch zahlreiche Anregungen aus Forschung und Praxis zu Lehrerkompetenzen in Bezug auf Modellieren und zu deren Erwerb.

This book contains suggestions for and reflections on the teaching, learning and assessing of mathematical modelling and applications in a rapidly changing world, including teaching and learning environments. It addresses all levels of education from universities and technical colleges to secondary and primary schools. Sponsored by the International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling and Applications (ICTMA), it reflects recent ideas and methods contributed by specialists from 30 countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. Inspired by contributions to the Fourteenth Conference on the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling and Applications (ICTMA14) in Hamburg, 2009, the book describes the latest trends in the teaching and learning of mathematical modelling at school and university including teacher education. The broad and versatile range of topics will stress the international state-of-the-art on the following issues:

Theoretical reflections on the teaching and learning of modelling

Modelling competencies

Cognitive perspectives on modelling

Modelling examples for all educational levels

Practice of modelling in school and at university level

Practices in Engineering and Applications