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
IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society (IOE) is the education school of University College London (UCL). It specialises in postgraduate study and research in the field of education and is one of UCL's 11 constituent faculties. Prior to m ...
, 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
A wiki ( ) is an online hypertext publication collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience, using a web browser. A typical wiki contains multiple pages for the subjects or scope of the project, and could be either open to the pu ...
".
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) and Tribal Education.
Online discussions
Special online events have included the world’s first online discussion of proof.
See also
* Centre for Industry Education Collaboration
The Centre for Industry Education Collaboration (CIEC) is a British education resource for information about the chemical industry in the UK.
History
The organisation was set up jointly by the Chemical Industries Association and the Universit ...
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
Count On is a major mathematics education project in the United Kingdom which was announced by education secretary David Blunkett at the end of 2000. It was the follow-on to Maths Year 2000 which was the UK's contribution to UNICEF's World Mathe ...
- maths education initiative
* Mathematics education in the United Kingdom
Mathematics education in the United Kingdom is largely carried out at ages 5–16 at primary school and secondary school (though basic numeracy is taught at an earlier age). However voluntary Mathematics education in the UK takes place from 16 to 1 ...
* 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