State a question of importance to your professional work and which you think should be answered by mathematic education research:
To provide an understanding of how learning and teaching of mathematics may take place at various level and in places with different culture.
To look for means to provide better mathematics teacher development.
To provide support for mathematics curriculum development.
Describe in one or two sentences a professional experience of yours for which the answer to your question would have been useful:
There are three levels: school student level, teacher level, curriculum policy level. In my limited experience, the following examples of research are helpful:
1. school student level: empirical studies on students conceptions and teaching intervention projects.
2. teacher level: lesson study/research lessons, teaching intervention projects, action research,
3. curriculum policy level: survey, comparison study, teaching intervention projects.
If possible, in one or two sentences, give an example of how research has contributed to your professional work:
In the past years, I have been involved in studies about students' conceptions, teaching intervention projects, evaluation projects of curriculum reforms, surveys and comparative studies of mathematics classroom.
These studies in one way or the other enhance my knowledge and understanding of necessary aspects in the area of mathematics education. It supports my teaching (of mathematics teachers), my own research and my community service which includes consultancy for curriculum development and school teacher development.
