December 24, 2024, the Share Maths Digital Resources Expert Seminar was held at the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre (hereinafter referred to as the Centre). The seminar invited top experts and scholars in the field of education, including Professor Ma Yunpeng from Northeast Normal University, Professor Fan Lianghuo from the University of Macau, and Professor Li Shiyi from East China Normal University. Also in attendance were Professor Zhang Minxuan, Director of the Centre; Professor Hu Guoyong and Professor Huang Xingfeng, Deputy Directors; several frontline teacher representatives; and other members of the project team. Together, they conducted in-depth discussions on the innovation and development of mathematics education resources.
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At the start of the seminar, Professor Zhang Minxuan and Professor Hu Guoyong delivered speeches in turn. They emphasized the importance of mathematics education in promoting Chinese culture to the world, as well as the positive significance of the Share Maths project in advancing the sharing and innovation of mathematics education resources. They expressed hope that the seminar would further promote exchanges and cooperation in the field of mathematics education, provide more high-quality teaching resources for teachers worldwide, and enhance students’ mathematical literacy.
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Next, Professor Huang Xingfeng gave a comprehensive introduction to the Share Maths digital resources, covering the project’s background, development process, and achievements. He noted that the project encompasses rich teaching resources, including 9 volumes of developed teaching references and 18 volumes of new textbooks, covering grades 1 to 6; approximately 500 lesson plans, corresponding courseware, and a total of about 750 teaching videos recorded; as well as supporting tools for Shanghai Mathematics developed using emerging digital tools such as Geogebra and Geometer's Sketchpad, providing a total of 467 class hours of teaching content for primary school mathematics. In terms of curriculum design philosophy, emphasis is placed on cultivating students’ core mathematical competencies, such as symbol sense, number sense, quantity sense, and spatial awareness. Meanwhile, integrating with China’s educational reality, a distinctive curriculum system has been formed. For example, with reference to the TIMSS mathematics assessment framework and the PISA2022 mathematics analysis framework, the teaching content and objectives have been clarified; and teaching methods such as problem-solving, thematic inquiry, variant practice, multiple representations, and technology integration are adopted to comprehensively enhance students’ mathematical abilities.
Finally, in the expert review and discussion session, Professor Li Shiyi, Professor Fan Lianghuo, and Professor Ma Yunpeng all spoke highly of the Share Maths textbooks, affirming the contributions of the project team members and the significance of the textbooks, and put forward valuable suggestions on issues related to textbook publication. The experts agreed that the project, with its rich resources and advanced concepts, plays an important role in promoting the international development of China’s mathematics education.
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The successful holding of this seminar has laid a solid foundation for the further development of the Share Maths textbooks. In the future, the project will strive to provide professional development support for teachers in international schools, African countries, Pacific island nations, and schools in Europe and America, promoting the common progress of global mathematics education. By sharing high-quality educational resources, exchanges and integration of mathematics education across different cultural backgrounds can be facilitated, enabling more students to benefit from innovative mathematics education concepts and methods.
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