Catherine Lynne McClure (born 1952) is a British mathematics educator. In 2014 she was appointed as director of Cambridge Mathematics, a program at the

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that spans the university's mathematics and education faculties,

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, and the

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, and is aimed at developing a flexible tool to inform new mathematics curricula for primary and secondary mathematics education.

Education and career

McClure was born in 1952. She has a degree from

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and a

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from the

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, and master's degrees from both the Open University and the University of Cambridge. After working as a primary and secondary mathematics teacher, she became principal lecturer in education at Oxford Brookes University and then at the

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. At Cambridge, she directed the NRICH and Underground Maths Projects before being appointed to direct Cambridge Mathematics. McClure was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the

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for services to education.

Service

McClure was president of the

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for 2014–2015, and executive chair of the International Society for Design and Development in Education for 2017–2019. She has served twice on the

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, chairs the Strategic Board of the Cambridgeshire Maths Hub and is a trustee of National Numeracy.

Publications

* ''Meeting the needs of your most able pupils : mathematics'', 2006 * ''Maths problem solving'', 2008

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McClure, Lynne 1952 births Living people British mathematicians Women mathematicians Mathematics educators Alumni of University College London Academics of Oxford Brookes University Academics of the University of Edinburgh Officers of the Order of the British Empire