A Mathematics Education Research Agenda in Latin America Motivated by Coronavirus Pandemic

Walter F. Castro; Luis R. Pino-Fan; Jesus G. Lugo-Armenta; Jorge A. Toro; Silvia Retamal

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Walter F. Castro ¹ , Luis R. Pino-Fan ² , Jesus G. Lugo-Armenta ², Jorge A. Toro ¹ ^* , Silvia Retamal ²

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¹ Universidad de Antioquia, COLOMBIA² Universidad de Los Lagos, CHILE^* Corresponding Author

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The pandemic and its disruption of social dynamics, including school dynamics, necessitates a review of both the proposals for education in situations of confinement and the research that must be carried out to account for exceptional educational situations. It is likely that this pandemic is only the first circumstance that has highlighted the need to investigate more decisively areas that have not been previously considered or have been put aside. This document presents the case of three Latin American countries, Mexico, Colombia, and Chile, in relation to educational difficulties generated by the pandemic, with respect to regional actions on the educational problems that have been revealed, and proposes regional research agendas for the Mathematics Education research community.

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COVID-19
mathematics education
education agenda
teacher’s strategies

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 16, Issue 12, December 2020, Article No: em1919

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Castro, W. F., Pino-Fan, L. R., Lugo-Armenta, J. G., Toro, J. A., & Retamal, S. (2020). A Mathematics Education Research Agenda in Latin America Motivated by Coronavirus Pandemic. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(12), em1919. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9277

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Castro WF, Pino-Fan LR, Lugo-Armenta JG, Toro JA, Retamal S. A Mathematics Education Research Agenda in Latin America Motivated by Coronavirus Pandemic. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2020;16(12):em1919. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9277

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Castro WF, Pino-Fan LR, Lugo-Armenta JG, Toro JA, Retamal S. A Mathematics Education Research Agenda in Latin America Motivated by Coronavirus Pandemic. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2020;16(12), em1919. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9277

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Castro, Walter F., Luis R. Pino-Fan, Jesus G. Lugo-Armenta, Jorge A. Toro, and Silvia Retamal. "A Mathematics Education Research Agenda in Latin America Motivated by Coronavirus Pandemic". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2020 16 no. 12 (2020): em1919. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9277

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Castro, W. F., Pino-Fan, L. R., Lugo-Armenta, J. G., Toro, J. A., and Retamal, S. (2020). A Mathematics Education Research Agenda in Latin America Motivated by Coronavirus Pandemic. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 16(12), em1919. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9277

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Castro, Walter F. et al. "A Mathematics Education Research Agenda in Latin America Motivated by Coronavirus Pandemic". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 16, no. 12, 2020, em1919. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9277