Igor' Kontorovich
Associate Professor in Mathematics Education
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Potential students are welcome to email me regarding Summer Research Scholarship, Honours, Master / Master of Professional Studies, and PhD. All these involve a research component.

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My main research themes are:

 

      - mathematics learning and teaching in university and secondary school, including the transition period

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    - coming to grips with threshold concepts and fundamental processes (e.g., problem posing, problem solving,       

       proving, defining, exemplifying) and investigating how digital resources can be of help 

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      - mathematicians' teaching practices, research, and the interrelations between them 

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      - mathematical communication online and in hybrid spaces 

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      - theories of learning with a special interest in discursive and socio-cultural approaches

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      - creativity and giftedness.

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Two lines of research have intensified recently: developmental research in co-partnership with school teachers and teacher-mathematicians, and mathematics education of Pasifika and Māori students.

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Feel free to explore some of my current projects. I am always open to new projects with new people.