Government Plan for 'Masters in Teaching and Learning'

Read the draft paper here.

Bowland Maths Regional Conferences

The Mathematical Association and Association of Teachers of Mathematics have jointly designed a one-day event for secondary Mathematics advisors, Consultants and Advanced Skills Teachers to provide a hands-on introduction to both the Bowland lesson resources and the accompanying professional development materials for key stage 3 mathematics teachers.
These will be held in each of the nine regions - to find out about an event near you and register your place click here.

Secondary Education Mathematics Conference, run by The Mathematical Association
hosted by Stirling University
Saturday, 20th September 2008

The 3rd MA One-Day event for Scottish secondary mathematics teachers is booking now.

The event will attract around 220 delegates who will be treated to a wide range of talks, presentations and workshops. The keynote address will be given by Dr Paul Andrews, Cambridge University. One of the biggest attractions of a one-day conference is the opportunity for colleagues from all areas of mathematics education to meet each other and exchange information, ideas and opinions. We hope to attract Scottish secondary school teachers as part of their CPD entitlement and a certificate of attendance will be issued. The MA stand will be available for the purchase of publications and posters.

The deadline for receipt of booking is the 30th June 2008. Any applications received after this date will be allocated a placed on a reserve list on a first come first served basis. To receive booking details, an application form and programme, please email sales@m-a.org.uk or telephone Emma on 0116 2210014. We look forward to seeing you there!!

The Marches Network
(formerly "Mathematics in the Marches")

This is the new name for the Marches ATM branch, because we are now much more than an ATM branch. The organising committee comprises representatives of both the ATM and MA, five mathematics consultants from local LEAs, three initial teacher training tutors and local teachers. The NCETM is also represented on the committee, because we are delighted to report that we have received a grant of £1000 from the NCETM. This will be used to cover travel expenses for our workshop leaders and expenses related to providing a venue and refreshments for our meetings. We shall still need to charge a small entrance fee in order to cover our costs.

The next meeting will be on the morning of Saturday 4th October 2008 in Telford. There will be a choice of workshops suitable for primary and secondary teachers on the theme of Mathematical Creativity.

If you would like to know more about The Marches Network or know someone who wants to be added to the mailing list please contact Barbara Ball at barbara@ludlowballs.force9.co.uk.

ICME 11 Monterrey, Mexico

The 11th International Congress on Mathematical Education, July 6th-13th, 2008.

Bursaries for anyone involved with mathematics education at any level in the UK. Further details available here.

Collaborative Teaching Practice and the History of Mathematics

9:30am - 4:30pm, 26th September 2008
The London Mathematical Society, De Morgan House
57-58 Russell Square, London WC1B 4HS

This conference is planned as a workshop-based experience and a discussion forum for all teachers, teacher advisers and trainers, interested in the uses of the history of mathematics in the mathematics classroom. It is based on a work developed by a group of teachers who collaborated over the past few years on trialling, developing, and using history of maths resources in primary and secondary settings, and will
aim to equip delegates with some useful tools and resources ready to use in a classroom.

For more information, please download the conference programme here.

The Ove Arup Foundation

The Foundation was endowed by the Arup Group with an overall mission, encapsulated in the formal wording of the Trust Deed, for

"the advancement of education directed towards the promotion, furtherance and dissemination of knowledge of matters associated with the built environment ".

In support of this mission, The Ove Arup Foundation has generously granted a sum to enable school teachers to attend the joint MA-ATM-AMET-NANAMIC 2008 conference.

Read Any Good (Maths) Books Lately?

A new version of the booklist of mathematical reading for sixth formers has just been published by the Post-16 Subcommittee of Teaching Committee.

Mathematical Gazette on JSTOR

The Mathematical Gazette is now available on JSTOR the Scholarly Journal Archive. Issues currently available are from the very first one in 1894 to the end of 2000.

Contact Bill Richardson for further details.

DfES funded In-School Support for embedding ICT in KS3/4 mathematics

The MA and ATM have secured (limited) funding for a pilot in each of the North East, West Midlands, East Midlands and London regions in which support, in the form of in school CPD focussed on improving the effective use of ICT within mathematics, is offered at zero cost to the school*. For further detail see here.

* Costs of reproducing handouts etc (agreed between the school and the provider) will be born by the school.