This report, which will be followed by a discussion, will state the goals that Mathematics Education intends to achieve in this century, at a worldwide level and at the level of the European Union.

Session Description:

Three working groups will be proposed, with communications around a central topic, and a final discussion of the different approaches. The topics for the sessions will be:

• Teacher education in mathematics:
  Alternative models for mathematics teacher education will be presented, and its advantages and disadvantages will be discussed.
  
   
• Assessment in the mathematics classroom:
  New trends in research on assessment: self-assessment, assessment of students with special needs, assessment by peers, …
  
   
• The impact of new technologies in Mathematics Education:
  How the teaching of mathematics is modified by the introduction of the graphic calculator, didactical software (Cabri, applets, etc.)