(Mathematics) Links
Here you will find a host of links and articles relating to Mathematics Education. When I have time a similar section for Philosophy and for ActionScript will appear, but for the moment links means maths!
Professional Associations
The Association of Teachers of Mathematics
The Association of Teachers of Mathematics is one of the leading professional assocations for maths teachers in the UK.
The ATM encourage teachers to take the role of a facilitator of learning, and is instinctively positive towards innovative approaches towards teaching maths.
Caleb Gattegno founded the ATM in the early 1950s, and it has since grown to nearly 4,000 people. The website comprises information for teachers and a good variety of resources (some free, some to buy) to help engage learning.
I have been a member of the General Council of The ATM since March 2007.
The mathematical association is the older, slightly more conservative cousin to the Association of Teachers of Mathematics. Essentially their aims are the same: to bring about improvement in the teaching of mathematics, though the philosophy underpinning the two organisations differs somewhat.
National Center for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics
The NCETM is a government-funded organsiation that also seeks to improve the teaching of mathematics. Unlike the other two its focus is mainly to help the government deliver whatever the government considers to be the important targets for improving the teaching of mathematics. These needn't necessarily be bad things, but you have to be suspicious...
General Maths Links
BBC Primary Numeracy Site
BBC Secondary Maths Site
The BBC's primary and secondary sites have a host of limited but fun games to help students revise topics. Don't expect to find much innovative or unusual there, but expect to find what is there to be accurate and polished.
Dr. Math is one of those wonderful creations that all Maths students and educators should use as much as they can. The site has a heavy American flavour, which you wouldn't think would make much difference in Maths, but there it is! It is still worth a look.
Scientific-Computing.Com
Britannica Mathematics Blog
Browsing the internet it is unnerving how few people are actively writing about Mathematics education reguarly. Here are a couple of blogs from serious publishers. What I have seen has been really good.
Maths Careers is a website run by the London Mathematics Society, the Royal Statistical Society and the Institute of Mathematics - three prestigious associations for professional mathematicians. The site aims to publicise the utility of mathematics education for future employability.
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