Dame Celia Mary Hoyles, ( French; born 18 May 1946) is a British mathematician, educationalist
and Professor
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of Mathematics Education
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Although rese ...
at University College London
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(UCL), in the Institute of Education
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(IoE).
Early life and education
Celia Mary French was born on 18 May 1946. She was educated at the University of Manchester
, mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity
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where she graduated with a first class degree in mathematics from the Department of Mathematics
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in 1967.[ She subsequently completed a ]Postgraduate Certificate in Education
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(PGCE) in 1971, and a Master of Education
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degree (MEd) in 1973.[ She completed a ]Doctor of Philosophy
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(PhD) degree in 1980, with a thesis titled "Factors in school learning - the pupils' view: a study with particular reference to mathematics". All her degrees are from the University of London
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Career and research
Hoyles began her career as a secondary school
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teacher,[ later becoming an academic. In the late 1980s she was co-presenter of ''Fun and Games'', a prime time television quiz show about mathematics.][
With Arthur Bakker, Phillip Kent, and Richard B. Noss she is the co-author of ''Improving Mathematics at Work: The Need for Techno-Mathematical Literacies''.
Hoyles served as president of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) from 2014 to 2015.] She served as chief adviser for mathematics to the government of the United Kingdom
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from 2004 to 2007 and as director of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics
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(NCETM) from 2007 to 2013.
Awards and honours
In the 2004 New Year Honours, Hoyles was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(OBE) 'for services to education'. In the 2014 New Year Honours
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, she was appointed Dame Commander
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of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in recognition of her service as director of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics. She was elected a Fellow
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of the Academy of Social Sciences
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(FAcSS).
In 2003, she was awarded the first Hans Freudenthal Medal by the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) is a commission of the International Mathematical Union and is an internationally acting organization focussing on mathematics education. ICMI was founded in 1908 at the International ...
(ICMI) in recognition of 'the outstanding contribution that hehas made to research in the domain of technology and mathematics education'. In 2010, she was awarded the first Kavli Education Medal by the Royal Society
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'in recognition of her outstanding contribution to research in mathematics education'.
Hoyles has honorary degree
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s from the Open University
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(2006), Loughborough University
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(2008), Sheffield Hallam University
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(2011) and University of Bath
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(2019).[
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Personal life
Her first marriage was to Martin Hoyles: their marriage ended in divorce. In 1996, she married Richard Noss, Professor of Mathematics Education at University College London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward
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, type = Public research university
, endowment = £143 million (2020)
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. Her second marriage brought two step children.
References
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1946 births
Living people
20th-century British mathematicians
21st-century British mathematicians
Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences
Fellows of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
British educational theorists
Academics of the UCL Institute of Education
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
British women mathematicians
20th-century women mathematicians
21st-century women mathematicians