International Group for Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness

Latest News: 2024 MCG Conference Procceedings are now out, thanks to Brendon Frederics and Mike Mholo, co-editors, as well as all contributors. Congratulations with the great accomplishment! Here is the link PDF to proceedings.   

MCG Elections: the email has been sent out with the link to the ballot to all members. If you did not get it, please check your spam mailbox or  contact Tyler Clark at Tyler Clark, thomas.clark[at] wku.edu  for help. The deadline for casting your vote is November, 25th. See more details in the IC-Election24 section. 

MCG2025 Conference: The deadline for submission of the 14th MCG Conference has been extended to December, 8th 2024

Our latest 2024 Fall Newsletter is now available at Newsletter Fall 2024 

Dear colleagues and friends from all over the world,

 

Our Team the officers of MCG works hard to make many interesting things happend. 

After a successful 2024 MCG conference at the Central University of Technology-Free State, South Africa, a call for proposals is issued for next, 14th conference on June 16 - 18 2025 in Karlstad, Sweden, The deadline to submit your propsal is now December, 8th 2024. 

For more information : Go to the conference site igMCG14

Another success was the ICME-15 Congress in Sydney, Australia. The Group was represented by its president (Viktor Freiman) and president-elect (Matthias Brandl) at the ICMI GA with a video presentation. Also, many members were actively involved at the TSGs on mathematical promise, giftedness, and creativity closely connected to our Group's goals. An MCG session as part of affiliated groups meetings has brought several colleagues interested in learning about our group and eventually joining us. All details are at ICME-15: Come and be counted! - ICME-15 (icme15.org)

We will continue production of new issues of our newsletter that provide interesting examples of how to stimulate creativity and talents in our students. Thanks to everyone who has written articles for the newsletter, and especially to Scott Chamberlin who is a current editor and to Chriss Weiss, associate editor for preparation of the 2024 Spring issue now published. The next one will be out in September, 2024. Contact  Scott [at] uwyo.edu if you are interested in writing an article. In addition,Elisabet.mellroth[at]kau.se  continues looking after our blog that we invite you to add your post to.

Finally, we began our 2025 election cycle with the call issued for several open positions on the IC. Please respond to the call sent by an e-mail to all MCG members by October, 15th.  A place for our 2027 MCG conference will also be voted. 

For everyone not yet a member, please, consider joining the Group and taking part in our activities. 


Viktor Freiman   Matthias Brandl  Elisabet Mellroth    Ralf Benölken

President            President-elect        Secretary            Treasurer

Future Events 


We are happy to invite you all to the 14th MCG conference in June 2025 in Sweden. The conference is a merged conference, and you will meet both friends and colleagues from the MCG group as well as friends and colleagues from the European Council of High Ability community. Welcome to the bright summer nights in Sweden. Registration and submission is open at Combined ECHA and igMCG conference, 16 – 18 June 2025. | Karlstad University (kau.se)


Deadline for submitting a proposal has been extended until December, 8th 2024. 

For further events please see our newsletter.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness  (MCG) is an exciting topic that was overlooked in school education and in the educational research for a long time.

The International Group for MCG brings together mathematics educators, mathematicians, researchers,  and others who are inspired to nurture and support  the development of mathematical creativity in all and the realization of mathematical promise and mathematical giftedness.

MISSION

 The purpose of the group is to bring together mathematics educators, mathematicians, researchers, and others who are interested in nurturing and supporting the development of mathematical creativity and the realization of mathematical promise and mathematical giftedness, promoting the improvement of teaching and learning mathematics, and widening students’ abilities to apply mathematical knowledge in innovative and creative ways. The work of the Group will concentrate on distinct but interrelated domains such as:


MCG constitution


JOIN THE GROUP

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AFFILIATIONS

MCG (International Group for Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness) is affiliated with ICMI (the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction)

see details at: http://www.mathunion.org/icmi/icmi/affiliate-organizations/study-groups/