Alain Bronner

Title: Professor Emeritus

Research Topics

Mathematics Education (Guy Brousseau’s theory of didactic situations and Yves Chevallard’s anthropological theory of education)

• Analysis of Teaching Practices in Mathematics
• Teaching Methods in Number Theory and Algebra
• An Introduction to Algebra
• Teaching Quantities and Measurement
• Integrating ICT into Mathematics Teaching and Learning
• The Role of Play in Mathematics Education

Courses

• Mathematics Pedagogy and Epistemology in the Master’s Program in Elementary Education (MEEF) and the Master’s Program in Secondary Education (MEEF) – Mathematics Track
• Mathematics Education and Research Methodology in the DDS (Science Education) Research Master's Program
• Thesis supervision for the master's programs listed above

Responsibilities

• Founder and member of the Scientific Committee of the International Observatory of Algebraic Thought (OIPA) since 2013
• Head of the Mathematics Department at the IUFM in Montpellier, and later of the Faculty of Education at the University of Montpellier (2001–2017)
• Co-director of the MEEF Master’s Program in Elementary Education (2010–2018)
• Co-director of the EDM (Teaching and Dissemination of Mathematics) specialization within the Mathematics and Biostatistics program at the University of Montpellier 2 (2008–2010)
• Coordinator of the Mathematics Teacher Training Program (PLC2) at the IUFM in Montpellier (1998–2002)
• Member of the Departmental Council of the Faculty of Education from 2013 to 2017
• Member of the Board of the Department of Science and Education at the University of Montpellier from 2016 to 2019
• Member of the editorial board of the international journal *Annales de Didactiques et des Sciences Cognitives* published by the IREM in Strasbourg (Louis Pasteur University)
• Member of the editorial board of the international journal *Nouveaux cahiers de la recherche en éducation* (NCRE) at the University of Sherbrooke
• Reviewer for the international journal *Recherche en Didactique des Mathématiques* (RDM)
• International expert in the research and development of curricula for teacher education and training (Benin, Comoros, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, Togo, Vietnam)