Alain Bronner

Position: Professor Emeritus

Research topics

Didactics of mathematics (Guy Brousseau's theory of didactic situations and Yves Chevallard's anthropological theory of didactics)

• Analysis of teaching practices in mathematics
• Numerical and algebraic didactics
• Study of entry into algebra
• Didactics of quantities and measures
• Integrating ICTE into mathematics teaching and learning
• The place and role of games in mathematics education

Teaching

• Didactics and epistemology of mathematics in the master MEEF premier degré and in the master MEEF 2eme degré - mathematics course
• Didactics of mathematics and research methodology in the DDS research master's program (Didactics of Science)
• Supervision of dissertations in the above-mentioned master's programs

Responsibilities

• Creation and member of the scientific committee of the Observatoire International de la Pensée Algébrique (OIPA) from 2013.
• Head of the Mathematics Department at Montpellier IUFM, then at the UM Faculty of Education (2001-2017)
• Co-responsible for the Master MEEF 1er degré (2010-2018)
• Co-responsible for the EDM specialization (Teaching and Dissemination of Mathematics) in the Mathematics and Biostatistics specialization at Montpellier 2 University (2008-2010).
• Training coordinator for trainee mathematics teachers (PLC2) at IUFM Montpellier (1998-2002)
• Member of the Faculty of Education UFR Council from 2013 to 2017
• Member of the Board of the Scientific Education Department of the University of Montpellier from 2016 to 2019
• Member of the editorial board of the international journal "Annales de Didactiques et des Sciences Cognitives", IREM Strasbourg (Université Louis Pasteur)
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the international journal "Nouveaux cahiers de la recherche en éducation" (NCRE), Université de Sherbrooke
• Reviewer for the international journal Recherche en Didactique des Mathématiques (RDM)
• International expert in the study and development of teaching and teacher training curricula (Benin, Comoros, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, Togo, Vietnam).