Professor Lianghuo Fan, Head of Mathematics, Science and Health Education Research Centre, has recently been appointed by the Department of Education (DfE) to its planning and resources review group. According to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, the group is part of the government’s action to address top three teacher workload issues, include marking, planning and resources,…
Our research centre was pleased to host a visit by Dr Yusuke Shinno, Osaka Kyoiku University, Japan, accompanied by Dr Taro Fujita, University of Exeter, UK, on Tuesday 8 December. The visit provided an opportunity to discuss the research being carried out by Dr Shinno and Dr Fujita into learners’ difficulties with mathematical induction, a…
Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Howson, honorary advisor of MSHE in mathematics education, has recently received the International Achievement Award in Mathematics Education presented by Teachers College, Columbia University, United States. The Award was created by David Eugene Smith, who is considered one of the founders of the field of mathematics education in the US, and among…
For the British Academy enGasia project, Dr. Christian Bokhove gave a public lecture at Hong Kong University. These are the slides of the public lecture:
These are the slides of the presentation “Opportunity to learn secondary maths: A curriculum approach with TIMSS 2011 data” Dr. Christian Bokhove gave at the BSRLM day conference on 7 November 2015 at the University of Reading.
Ros Hyde, in her role as Chair of the Association of Mathematics Education Teachers (AMET), is a member of the plenary panel at the launch of the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME) report on ‘high-quality initial teacher education’ (ITE) for teachers of mathematics. The launch is being held on Thursday 12 November 2015 at…
In the second half of November the second enGasia meeting will take place in Hong Kong. Main activities will be: To finalise and testdrive two draft versions of the digital Geometry books. Discuss how we try out the books in some case studies in the classroom. Work on publications. Some school visits (primary and secondary)…
The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) has announced that the Felix Klein Medal for 2015 has been awarded to Alan J. Bishop, Emeritus Professor of Education, Monash University, Australia. Alan graduated with a B.Sc. in mathematics and science from the University of Southampton in 1961. The Felix Klein Award is for lifelong achievement in…
Several MSHE researchers are presenting at the forthcoming Autumn 2015 conference of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics (BSRLM): Christian Bokhove is presenting on “Opportunity to learn secondary mathematics: A curriculum approach with TIMSS 2011 data“; Ruth Edwards and Ros Hyde on “The importance of subject knowledge for mathematics teaching: An analysis of…
Southampton Education School were pleased to welcome visitors from China on Tuesday 6th October 2015. Professor Shiqi Li from East China Normal University gave a seminar on “The Shanghai maths approach: An analysis based on a geometry lesson”. The seminar proved popular, with a good number of local teachers and research students attending. Professor Li…