1 / 15

Sir Peter Williams ACME

Annual Conference 20 June 2007. Sir Peter Williams ACME. Peter Williams ACME Chair. ACME AND THE NCETM. Congratulations NCETM. ........after all, we are one of your ‘parents’!. “We recommend that a National Academy for Teaching of Mathematics should be established to have a strategic

bozica
Download Presentation

Sir Peter Williams ACME

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Annual Conference20 June 2007 Sir Peter WilliamsACME

  2. Peter Williams ACME Chair ACME AND THE NCETM

  3. Congratulations NCETM ........after all, we are one of your ‘parents’!

  4. “We recommend that a National Academy for Teaching of Mathematics should be established to have a strategic overview of CPD at national level….”

  5. MATHEMATICS – OUR SHARED CHALLENGE Neither ACME nor NCETM would exist if there wasn’t a problem!

  6. ……and the challenges continue….. • Adequate financing of CPD • Functional skills – what sort of CPD do we need? • Testing and assessment • Progression in mathematics – do the bits join up? • The sheer pace of change

  7. But………there have been many successes • The ‘Smith Report’, the NCETM and …. • ACME reports on CPD, assessment, primary and FE mathematics • Workshops on functional maths, GCSE 1 & 2, mathematics in diplomas • PLUS • The way in which the mathematics community has worked together has been noted by other subject groups (e.g. by the sciences) and by Government Ministers

  8. ACME WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE MATHEMATICS COMMUNITY HOW UNITED ARE WE???

  9. Good news from the chairs of ATM, MA & NANAMIC • “As you know, historically there has been a divided community in mathematics education with a range of organisations representing the interests of specialist groups. This has led to a dilution of the community's influence and a marginalisation of its ability to play a decisive role in the development of policy and initiatives at government level, and with wider audiences such as business. • Recently, there has been a determined attempt to correct this, and for the organisations making up the community to work in ever closer cooperation. A milestone in this process is the forthcoming, Joint ATM/MA/NANAMIC conference.” ….and we share wider responsibilities

  10. Mathematics and theWider Community………..

  11. …..who forget this…..

  12. ……..and that these .......are linked by this

  13. ACME AND THE NCETM : THE FUTURE? • ACME and the NCETM must continue to work closely together • But, like all parents, ACME must ‘let go’ and the NCETM must lead on CPD and related matters • ACME must move its sights to further horizons and become more strategic in its outlook • A Level and the transition to HE in mathematics and other related subjects must receive attention NOW not in response to some future Government initiative

  14. …..and there will always be a job to be done! • “ Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.” • Bertrand Russell, 1950

  15. Annual Conference20 June 2007

More Related