Travis Weiland, Anna Fergusson, and Dani Ben-Zvi
The International Association for Statistical Education will hold its 2024 Roundtable Conference July 2–5 in Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand, just before the 15th International Congress of Mathematics Education (July 7–14 in Sydney, Australia).
The association’s roundtables are working conferences that aim to bring 40–50 educators together from around the world to share their expertise and experiences in statistics and data science education. This year’s theme is “Connecting data and people for inclusive statistics and data science education.”
To ensure the conference program allows time for deep conversations about each presentation and is inclusive across the range of statistics and data science educational contexts, approximately 50 refereed submissions will be accepted, with priority given to those with wide international participation and diverse perspectives.
By exploring the ways data and people are connected, one goal of the conference is to generate inclusive approaches that do the following:
- Support students with diverse needs and physical challenges
- Acknowledge and validate indigenous and cultural knowledge related to data
- Address the impact of social and economic factors
- Consider creative ways to support learners within under-resourced contexts
- Challenge the status quo and inherent biases
- Take an interdisciplinary perspective
- Inform the design of digital tools or resources, tasks, and modern learning environments
- Take a humanistic stance
Through a mixture of formats, including extensive discussions in small groups, the meeting will advance current knowledge of conceptual frameworks, teaching methods, technology solutions, and curricular materials.
An important outcome of the roundtable will be a monograph containing a set of high-standard updated papers and concrete teaching materials reflecting the discussions and work during the roundtable. All papers and posters, as well as teaching resources based on the roundtable, will be published on the association’s website.
It is possible to participate in the roundtable in one of four roles: paper presenter; workshop organizer; poster presenter; and discussant leader.
Paper Presenter
To be a paper presenter, your submission must include a detailed description of your planned paper (ca. 300 words) with the following sections: purpose; design/methodology; results/outcomes; implications for theory and practice; and contribution to the theme of the roundtable and its topics.
Submissions will be due toward the end of November. First drafts will be due at the end of February 2024.
Workshop Organizer
To be a workshop organizer, your submission must include a detailed description of your workshop (ca. 300 words) with the following sections: purpose; learning objectives; key learning activities; implications for theory and practice; and contribution to the theme of the roundtable and its topics.
Submissions will be due toward the end of November. First drafts will be due at the end of February 2024.
Poster Presenter
To present a poster, your submission must include a detailed description of your planned poster (ca. 300 words) with the following sections: purpose; design/ methodology; results/ outcomes; implications for theory and practice; and contribution to the theme of the roundtable and its topics.
Submissions will be due toward the end of January 2024, with notifications about acceptance sent out by the end of February.
Discussant Leader
To serve as a discussant leader, your submission will require an extended description of relevant background and interest (200–300 words). Submissions will be due toward the end of January 2024, with notifications about acceptance sent out by the end of February.
Questions about the conference can be directed to Travis Weiland or Anna Fergusson.
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