Alain Bronner

Position: 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 digital and algebraic concepts
• Study of entry into algebra
• Teaching sizes and measurements
• Integration of ICT in mathematics teaching and learning
• The place and role of games in mathematics education

Lessons

• Mathematics teaching and epistemology in the MEEF first-level master's degree and in the MEEF second-level master's degree – mathematics track
• Mathematics education and research methodology in the DDS (Science Education) research master's program
• Supervision of theses in the aforementioned master's programs

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, then at the Faculty of Education at the University of Montpellier (2001-2017)
• Co-director of the MEEF primary school teaching master's program (2010-2018)
• Co-head of the EDM (Teaching and Dissemination of Mathematics) specialization in the Mathematics and Biostatistics program, University of Montpellier 2 (2008-2010)
• Coordinator of teacher training (PLC2) in mathematics at the IUFM in Montpellier (1998-2002)
• Member of the Faculty of Education's UFR Council from 2013 to 2017
• Member of the Scientific Education Department Council 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 (Annals of Didactics and Cognitive Sciences) published by the IREM in Strasbourg (Louis Pasteur University)
• Member of the scientific committee of the international journal Nouveaux cahiers de la recherche en éducation (NCRE) published by the University of Sherbrooke
• Reviewer for the international journal Recherche en Didactique des Mathématiques (RDM)
• International expert in the study and development of teacher education and training curricula (Benin, Comoros, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, Togo, Vietnam)