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Higher level mathematical qualifications are in demand across industry and commerce. Yet, in the United Kingdom, the amount of mathematics studied by 15- and 16-year-olds has actually fallen. The majority of students achieve less than GCSE grade C in mathematics by the age of 16 and then abandon the subject. A cycle of deficiency in mathematics education is perpetuated as insufficient numbers study it at degree level and a decreasing proportion of those qualified want to teach. The authors are distinguished researchers in mathematics education, the economics of education, and longitudinal studies. They bring together new evidence on the importance of mathematics in the labour market, the growing disparity between school mathematics and the demands of higher education, and the disjunction between the British mathematics curriculum and those of all our major competitors. They also argue eloquently for the importance of mathematics as the focus of policy-makers' attention, and explain what this means for effective teaching and learning.
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This thought-provoking collection of papers asks whether we are teaching the right kind of maths, and enough of it, to enough of our children for long enough. It looks at the teaching and learning in maths, comparing England and Wales with other countries. It should be compulsory reading for all who are concerned with education policy. (TES Maths Curriculum Supplement 2000-09-01)
...this is a very informative book indeed, and a very useful source of facts and (of course) figures...I enjoyed reading the book and am the wiser for doing so... (Tim Rowland, University of Cambridge Mathematics in School, 32:1 2003-01-01)
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Mathematics matters more than ever before, to individuals and to societies. As this book shows, higher level mathematical qualifications are in demand across industry and commerce. Yet, in the United Kingdom, the amount of mathematics studied by 15- and 16-year-olds has actually fallen. The authors of this book bring together evidence on the importance of mathematics in the labour market, the growing disparity between school mathematics and the demands of higher education, and the disjunction between the British mathematics curriculum (including recent highly touted reforms) and those of all our major competitors. They also argue for the importance of mathematics as the focus of policy-makers' attention, and explain what this means for effective teaching and learning, pointing the way to necessary reforms.
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