Calafate Delta '07

The sixth Southern Hemisphere Conference on Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics Teaching and Learning

World Heritage Los Glaciares National Park
Santa Cruz, Argentina
26-30 November 2007

Announcements

26-30 November 2007

The first DELTA conference in South America will take place in the beautiful village of Calafate, gateway to "LOS GLACIARES NATIONAL PARK" in Argentina. The conference venue will be the five star hotel "LOS ALAMOS". Express your interest in participating immediately by e-mail to [email protected]

Theme

VISION AND CHANGE FOR A NEW CENTURY

Hosts

The conference is organised by Argentinean and Uruguayan researchers and the International DELTA committee. The host university is the U.N.P.A. (University of Southern Patagonia, Santa Cruz, Argentina)

Invited Speakers

Claudi Alsina (Spain), Ansie Harding (South Africa), Colette Laborde (France), Ralph Teixeira (Brasil) and Cristina Varsavsky (Australia)

Steering Committee

Michele Artigue (France), Patricia Cretchley (Australia), Ubiratan D'Ambrosio (Brasil), Johann Engelbrecht (South Africa), Derek Holton (New Zealand), Deborah Hughes-Hallett (USA), Victor Martinez-Luaces (Uruguay), Jan Persens (South Africa), Ivan Reilly (New Zealand) and Cristina Varsavsky (Australia).

Committee

Patricia Fogliatti, Gladys Guineo Cobs, Virginia Job and Victor Martinez Luaces.

Contact

The conference is hosted by the U.N.P.A.
(web page: www.unpa.edu.ar)

Contact person: Victor Martinez Luaces. Interest in attending, additions to the mailing list and any enquiries can be directed to: [email protected]

Full Paper Submissions

Delta '07 best papers will be published in the International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (iJMEST).

Full papers should not be more than 8 pages long (15 pages double-spaced).

Authors wishing to submit their papers to the iJMEST Delta '07 special issue should be asked to submit their papers via this site, the URL is http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tmes

They should state on submission that their paper is for the Delta '07 special issue, an extra field asking the author whether their paper is for a special issue is being added to the site at the moment.

Full instructions for authors, including notes on style and LaTeX and Word style files can be found on the Journal's website at www.informaworld.com/IJMEST, there are also links to the instructions for authors on the Manuscript Central site.

News

The conference programme is going to be online.

"Blending Beyond Boundaries"

Welcome to the web pages for Calafate Delta '07, the sixth in a growing series of international conferences that cover all aspects of teaching mathematics and statistics at the undergraduate level. This follows previous successful DELTA conferences, including Kingfisher Delta'05 in Fraser Island, Australia.

Delta '07 will be held at the Los Alamos hotel on Los Glaciares National Park, set amidst the natural beauty of one of Argentinian's favourite tourist destinations.

Delta '07 themes focus on aspects of undergraduate teaching and learning of mathematics and statistics, including

innovative practice
assessment issues
effective use of technology
web delivery and online learning
service teaching
pre-service teacher education
issues of access, equity, and transition