2024 recap

Another year has passed - and as I have not kept my blog up to date, a recap may be in order. 

Teaching

2024 was a copy of 2023, in that I was teaching the same courses: four courses for our mathematics education master students and one course in theory of science and research methods. The mathematics education courses focussed on theories of learning, frameworks for teaching, equity and social justice, and history of mathematics. It's nice - and you always learn something new when you teach.

Publications

I'm proud that we (Rune Herheim, Toril Eskeland Rangnes, Kirsti Rø and myself) managed to finish the book "Master i matematikkdidaktikk" (Master in mathematics education) in time for summer. Some people claim that it has become what was the intention: a valuable resource for master students and master supervisors alike. 

I'm also very proud that Aina Fossum and I succeeded in getting the article "Diversity in Norwegian mathematics examiniations, 1962-2020" published in Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. It was a lot of work (including analysis of 1514 exam tasks), and I think the findings were rather striking. I don't know of other projects that have included so many identity markers and over so long a period.

This is not to say that I'm not proud of the other publications of 2024, of course - every publication has its own story and its own struggles. 

As is always the case, the actual research done in 2024 will become visible as publications in the year(s) to come...

Travels

It's been a busy year - with trips to Iowa City, Copenhagen, and Warsaw (in addition to private holidays to Brighton, Amsterdam and Stockholm, to mention a few). All such travels take a lot of time and energy, and I need to cut down on travels in the future. But they also bring meetings with wonderful people, good memories and sometimes also new perspectives and inspiration for teaching and research. The trip to Iowa City stands out, for the friendliness we were met with and the wonderful people I hope to keep in touch with. Copenhagen (the NORMA conference) and Warsaw (the ICHME conference) were also great. (And I almost forgot the LAMIS conference in Ålesund - that's always nice.)

In 2025, I will go to CERME in Bolzano and ICMT in Trondheim. I hope I will keep it at that...