Symposia

Suggestions for symposia were considered at the General Assembly of ICMI and at a meeting of the Executive Committee. It was agreed that ICMI sponsorship should be given to the following:

(a) Luxembourg, at Echternach, 4–9 June 1973, on New Topics in applicable mathematics in Secondary Schools;

(b) Hungary, at Eger, 18–22 June 1973, on Theoretical Problems of Teaching Mathematics in the Primary Schools;

(c) Poland, at Warsaw, one week in 1974, on Teaching children of age 5–11;

(d) Denmark (?), in 1974 or 1975, on Aspects of Geometry Teaching at School Level;

(e) Kenya (?), a regional symposium on Mathematics and Language;

(f) Japan, 1974, a regional symposium;

(g) India, a regional symposium possibly on Integrated curriculum development, including applications of mathematics relevant to the problems of developing countries.

In addition it was agreed that steps should be taken for a joint ICMI-IFIP (International Federation of Information Processing Societies) symposium on Computers in secondary education.

It was agreed that no immediate proposal for a regional conference in Latin America should be made, particularly in the light of the forthcoming third congress of the Inter-American Committee on Mathematical Education.

Place of the 1976 Congress

Invitations had been received from Spain, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United States of America and the Netherlands. A decision would be made in 1973.