Author Archives: MSHE

Ruth Edwards HEA fellow

We are pleased to announce that Ruth Edwards has been awarded recognition as a Senior Fellow (UKSPF Descriptor 3) of the Higher Education Academy

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ZDM special issue on maths textbooks

ZDM-International Journal on Mathematics Education just published its latest issue last week on a special theme: Textbook research in mathematics education. The issue was co-edited by Prof. Lianghuo Fan and Mr. Keith Jones of MaSE and Prof. Jianpan Wang, and Prof. Binyan Xu of East China Normal University.  A number of internationally leading researchers from […]

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Keith Jones elected member IGPME

At this afternoon’s AGM of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (IGPME: see http://www.igpme.org/) Keith Jones of our centre was elected as a member of the International Committee to serve for a period of four years (until 2018).

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Pre-announcement for ICMT2014

The International Conference on Mathematics Textbook Research and Development 2014 (ICMT2014) will be held at the University of Southampton Date: 29-31 July 2014 Venue: University of Southampton, UK Conference Themes: •             Textbook research •             Textbook analysis and comparison •             Textbook development •             Textbook use by teachers •             Textbook use by students •             Task design for […]

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Maths Outside the Classroom

On June 7th, 2013 Ruth Edwards and Christian Bokhove ran a “Mathematics outside the classroom” day with PGCE and SKE+ students. On this day students started with a fraction relay, went out do do some readymade outside maths activities, and then used these for inspiration for making their own trails. Every group made a four-node […]

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Prof van Joolingen: ERASMUS visit

In the first week of June prof. van Joolingen will visit the University of Southampton for a week through the ERASMUS exchange. Apart from brainstorm sessions he will deliver sessions for for teachers in the region and prospective teachers (maths and science) on June 4th at the Science and Learning center at 2.15pm. In addition […]

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Seminar by Professor Tim Rowland

This Monday at 12:30 M@SE organizes a seminar about “Who owns a theory? The case of the Knowledge Quartet” by Prof Tim Rowland, University of Cambridge. Click on the title of the post for more information.

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