Author Archives: MSHE

MaSE part of world-leading research

The Mathematics and Science Education Research Centre is proud of its contribution to the latest national assessment of research (published Thursday 18 December 2014) that has reaffirmed the position of the University of Southampton as one of the leading research universities. In Education, 78% of the research activity and 100% of the research impact was […]

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Professor Lianghuo Fan’s latest book on teacher knowledge development by Imperial College Press

Professor Lianghuo Fan, Head/MaSE, just published his latest book addressing a major issue about teacher learning and professional development. Entitled “Investigating the Pedagogy of Mathematics: How Do Teachers Develop Their Knowledge?”, this book presents two research studies that he conducted in the US and Singapore, respectively, to investigate how different sources contribute to the development […]

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Dr Bokhove receives British Academy award

Dr Bokhove has been awarded a c. 30k grant for an international collaboration with Japan and Hong Kong. “In international comparisons for mathematics like PISA and TIMSS, Asia outperforms England considerably. For geometry this difference is even greater. With a new maths curriculum coming into play in England in 2014, this project aims to compare […]

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LifeLab gets royal seal of approval

The LifeLab team welcomed HRH The Countess of Wessex on Friday 27 June to officially open the LifeLab facility that aims to empower school students to take more control over their health. During her visit The Countess of Wessex saw the custom designed laboratory and classrooms in which students, from schools that have already experienced LifeLab, […]

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Bioblitz Southampton

MaSE made a major contribution to the Southampton Bioblitz Day on 14 June. It was really successful event with over 200 people attending and searching the University campus for as many species of plants and animals as possible. Highlights included a Lime Hawk Moth and the unusual Weasel’s-snout snapdragon. 227 species were counted on the […]

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PGCE trainees run Year 9 enrichment day

Able year 9 pupils from 4 local schools visited the university for a mathematics day run by the PGCE mathematics trainees. Pupils enjoyed a session on practical geometry finding the largest cylinder that can be made from a sheet of A4 paper, a pirate-themed mathematical treasure hunt and some outdoor mathematics activities, which included a […]

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Professor Fan awarded distinguished international professorship

Southampton Education School’s Professor Lianghuo Fan has been awarded Distinguished Overseas Professor, a distinguished visiting professorship by East China Normal University (ECNU). Located in Shanghai, China, ECNU is a top Chinese university and one of the two best universities in educational science. According to ECNU, the award was given to Professor Fan in recognition of […]

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