National Institute of Education of Singapore and CMM sign a Memorandum of Understanding

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on the presence of members of theeducation group of the Center for Mathematical Modeling and Professor WongKhoon Yoong, from the National Institute of Education (NIE) of Singapore.

In Singapore, the agreement was signed by the Director ofNational Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University, Prof. LeeSing Kong, while in Chile, was signed bt the director of CMM, Dr.Jaime San Martin on Monday 5.

“For us, this agreement has a special significance, notonly is important for the Center, it is important for the Education in Chile. Singapore is a reference worldwide, “explainedPatricio Felmer, Associate researcher at CMM and professor of the Department ofMathematical Engineering.

Professor Wong, Head of the Mathematics Department and MathematicsEducation Group of NIE, thanked to membersof theCMM for possibility to know theactivities carried out by the Center in mathematics education. “Some ofthe projects that you are involved are addressing the same problems that we face.We do not have all the answers and we are here to learn from you, “addedWong.

The co-operation between both institutions will pursue visits by and exchangeof graduate and undergraduate students for study and research, visits by andinterchange of staff for research, exchange of information and joint researchactivities and/or workshops, including the area of mathematics education.

CMM’ s researchersinvolved in education are working on the preparation of standards for the trainingof Elementary school teachers, that project is part of INICIA, an initiative ofthe Ministry of Education of Chile. Patricio Felmer said these standards willbe evaluated by a team of Singaporean researchers from NIE, headed by Prof.Wong.

About the work done by the team of CMM, Wong Khoon Yoong said: “I am veryimpressed by what you have done, may be I will take some of your ideas.”

The National Institute of Education of Singapore at NanyangTechnologicalUniversity is responsible for the training ofall Singaporean school teachers, currently it has more than five thousandstudents and 391 academics. Meanwhile, the research team is composed of 123.

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