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Canadian mathematics educator and philosopher of mathematics
Gila Hanna is a Canadian
mathematics educator and
philosopher of mathematics whose research interests include the nature and educational role of
mathematical proofs , and gender in mathematics education. She is
professor emerita in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the
University of Toronto , affiliated with the
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education ,
[1] the former director of mathematics education at the
Fields Institute ,
[2] and the founder of the Canadian Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education .
[3]
Books
Hanna is the author of Contact and Communication: An Evaluation of Bilingual Student Exchange Programs (OISE Press, 1980) and Rigorous Proof in Mathematics Education (OISE Press, 1983).
[4] Her numerous
edited volumes include:
Creativity, Thought and Mathematical Proof (edited with Ian Winchester, 1990)
[5]
Towards Gender Equity in Mathematics Education (1996)
[6]
Proof Technology in Mathematics Research and Teaching (edited with David Reid and Michael de Villiers, 2019)
[7]
Recognition
Hanna was named a
Fields Institute Fellow in 2003.
[8] She was the 2020 winner of the
Partners in Research Dr. Jonathon Borwein Mathematics Ambassador Award.
[3]
References
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"Gila Hanna" , Faculty profiles , Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, University of Toronto, retrieved 2020-12-23
^ Blades, David (October 2001), "Newsround", Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education , 1 (4): 479–482,
Bibcode :
2001CJSMT...1..479B ,
doi :
10.1080/14926150109556490
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a
b
PIRNA 2020 , Partners in Research, retrieved 2020-12-23
^ Jacobs, Konrad (August 1986), "Review of Rigorous Proof in Mathematics Education ",
Educational Studies in Mathematics , 17 (3): 327–329,
JSTOR
3482233
^ Merow, Craig B. (October 1991), "Review of Creativity, Thought and Mathematical Proof ",
The Mathematics Teacher , 84 (7): 572,
JSTOR
27967288
^
Burton, Leone (March 1997), "Review of Towards Gender Equity in Mathematics Education ",
Educational Studies in Mathematics , 32 (3): 293–297,
JSTOR
3482636
^ Morneau-Guérin, Frédéric (May 2020),
"Review of Proof Technology in Mathematics Research and Teaching " , MAA Reviews ,
Mathematical Association of America
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Fields Institute Fellows , Fields Institute, retrieved 2020-12-23
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