The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) is an institution set up in the wake of the
Smith Report
The Smith Report was a report on corporate governance submitted to the UK government in 2003. It was concerned with the independence of auditors in the wake of the collapse of Arthur Andersen and the Enron scandal in the US in 2002. Its recommen ...
to improve
mathematics teaching in England.
It provides strategic leadership for mathematics-specific CPD and aims to raise the professional status of all those engaged in the teaching of mathematics so that the mathematical potential of learners will be fully realised.
Structure
Its Director until March 2013 was
Dame Celia Hoyles, Professor of Mathematics Education at the
Institute of Education, University of London and former chief adviser on mathematics education for the government.
Report of the invitation MEI seminars She was succeeded by the current Director, Charlie Stripp.
An innovative NCETM development is the MatheMaPedia project, masterminded by John Mason (maths educator), John Mason, which is a "maths teaching wiki".
Initially headquartered in London, it is headquartered in the south of Sheffield city centre; it is the headquarters of Tribal Education.
It is run by Mathematics in Education and Industry
MEI (Mathematics in Education and Industry) is an independent educational charity and curriculum development body for mathematics education in the United Kingdom. Income generated through its work is used to support the teaching and learning of ...
(MEI) and Tribal Education.
Online discussions
Special online events have included the world’s first online discussion of proof
Proof most often refers to:
* Proof (truth), argument or sufficient evidence for the truth of a proposition
* Alcohol proof, a measure of an alcoholic drink's strength
Proof may also refer to:
Mathematics and formal logic
* Formal proof, a con ...
.
See also
* Centre for Industry Education Collaboration and National Centre for Computing Education
The National Centre for Computing Education is a government-funded initiative, offering teacher training and resources for computer science. The National Centre is delivered by a consortium of STEM Learning, Raspberry Pi Foundation and British ...
, also at York
* Count On - maths education initiative
* Mathematics education in the United Kingdom
* International Congress on Mathematical Education 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 ...
References
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Department for Education
Education in Sheffield
Educational organisations based in the United Kingdom
Mathematics education in the United Kingdom
Mathematics education reform
Mathematics organizations
Mathematics websites
Organisations based in Sheffield
Organizations established in 1996