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CultureExchange:ItalyandFrance

Be#naPedemonteSJSU–CA,USA

PhDbyco-tutoringconven>onItaly-France

BS Mathematics Genoa University - Italy

Ph.D. Mathematics Education

Italy

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PhDbyco-tutoringconven>onItaly-France

Grenoble

Genoa

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PhDbyco-tutoringconven>onItaly-France

PhDinMathema9cs

PhDinMathema9csEduca9on

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Defended PhD dissertation on Juin 19th 2002

Confering two titles: Doctor in Mathematics Education (Université Joseph Fourier – Grenoble) Doctor in Mathematics (Università di Genova di Torino e del Politecnico di Torino)

Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble

Università di Genova di Torino e del Politecnico di Torino

PhDbyco-tutoringconven>onItaly-France

PhDbyco-tutoringconven>onItaly-France

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NicolasBalacheff

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Argumentation and proof

PhD-Topic

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Argumentation and proof

PhD-Topic

•  Cognitive Unity (Boero Garuti Mariotti, 1996)

•  Cognitive Gap (Duval, 1992)

•  Strong Methodology

Toulmin’s Model To analyze argumentation and proof

PhD-Experience

Not easy but so exciting!

•  I was growing up •  I was creating something new •  I was working on something I liked a lot!

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FOTO

FrenchMethod

ItalianContent

PhD-Experience

“Bettina you have to be more Italian”

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Freedominwri>ngmyideas

Incorpora>ngtheseideasinmyresearchattheappropriatemoment

“Bettina, don’t throw away anything”

PhD-Experience

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WriLenessays

Oralproduc>ons

PhD-Experience

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Difficul>esvsImprovements

•  French language

•  Two supervisors

•  Travels

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Difficul>esvsImprovements

•  Different cultures (Italian and French)

•  Different person in Italy and in France

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Thank you

13th International Congress on Mathematical Education - Hamburg, 24-31 July 2016