Prof. dr. P.H.M. (Paul) Drijvers

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Areas of expertise

Paul Drijvers is emeritus professor in mathematics education at the Freudenthal Institute of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视's Science Faculty. His interests include mathematics didactics, curriculum development, assessment, the role of ICT in mathematics education, mathematical thinking, and embodiment in mathematics education.

Qualifications:

Staff Membership
Qualification Professeur des Universit茅s awarded by the Conseil National des Universit茅s, Paris, France
Senior Qualification Developer of Mathematics Education, Utrecht 木瓜福利影视

Outreach:

Chair of the curriculum commitee mathematics (CvTE, 2024-2025)
Chair of the IPC of the conference (2023)
Member of the Editorial Board of
National representative of (2016-2024)
Member of the Editorial Board of the Springer Book Series

Professional experience:

2014 - 2025 Professor in Mathematics Education, Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht 木瓜福利影视
2020 - 2023 Scientific Director of the Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht 木瓜福利影视
2017 - 2020 Professor in Mathematics Education, HU 木瓜福利影视 of Applied Sciences Utrecht
2013 - 2017 Scientific Researcher, Cito, Arnhem
2008 - 2014 Associate Professor and Senior Researcher, Freudenthal Institute for Science and Mathematics Education, Faculty of Science, Utrecht 木瓜福利影视.
Fall 2005 Visiting Associate Professor, Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Montreal, Canada.
2000 - 2007 Assistant Professor, Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, Utrecht
1997 - 2005 In-service teacher trainer, Algemeen Pedagogisch Studiecentrum, Utrecht
1984 - 2000 Pre-service teacher trainer, Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
1983 - 1984 木瓜福利影视 teacher probability and statistics, Technische Universiteit Twente

Recent webinars:

of Paul's valedictory lecture on Juni 23, 2025 (in Dutch).
in NRC (24 juni 2025, in Dutch): 鈥淢oeten we terug naar vroeger en weer gaan staartdelen? Nee hoor, zegt deze scheidend hoogleraar wiskunde-didactiek.鈥�
in Didactief (in Dutch, 2024): ""Rekenonderwijs: geen oude oplossingen voor nieuwe problemen"
Listen to the (in Dutch) 鈥淲at bedoelen we met realistisch reken- en wiskundeonderwijs?鈥� (2024)
Watch Paul's "Math@Distance: distance mathematics teaching during COVID-19 lockdown" on Juli 9, 2020, and the corresponding slides.
Watch Paul's "Computational Thinking in the Mathematics Classroom" on August 28, 2020, and the corresponding slides.
Watch Paul's on the STEP math achievement study in Belgium on November 12, 2020, and the corresponding slides (in Dutch).