PISA conceptual framework as an approach for teaching and learning mathematics

Zbigniew Marciniak was born in 1952 in Warsaw. He is a mathematician, specializing in algebra. 

He is a professor in the Institute of Mathematics at the University of Warsaw. In 1976 he graduated at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics of the University of Warsaw. In 1982 he received a PhD in mathematics at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA.  

Professor Marciniak has worked at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics of the University of Warsaw since 1976. From 1996 through 1999 he was the vice dean and from 2000 through 2005 – the dean of the Institute. In the years 2005-2007 he held the post of the President of the State Accreditation Committee. In the years 2007-2010 he was the chairman of the Commission of Didactics in the Committee of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2007-2009 he held the post of Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of National Education, where he was responsible for defining main principles in the education curriculum reform and the quality of teaching. In 2010-2012 he held the post of Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. At present he is the President of the National Council of Science and Higher Education.  

Professor Zbigniew Marciniak has been a member of the Mathematics Expert Group of the OECD PISA project, continuously since 2002. He has been appointed the Chair of the MEG for the PISA 2015 cycle. He is also the lead math expert in the OECD PISA-D project – a version of PISA for developing countries. He is a co-chair of the group for the PISA 2021 cycle. In 2013-2017 he has been a member of CERI – the Steering Committee for Education Research in OECD. In 2013-14 he served as an expert at the Brookings Institute, in the “Millions Learning” project.  

Professor Zbigniew Marciniak is the author of more than 30 scientific publi-cations in the field of algebra. He is a member of editorial committees of periodicals: “Delta” and “Algebra and Discrete Mathematics”.