Is it mathematics or is it school mathematics? Presidential address to The Mathematical Association, April 2017

摘要

It's time I began to frame some responses! In doing so, I am very aware that membership of The Mathematical Association is broad church, ranging from those with an amateur interest in mathematics (and mathematics education), through non-specialist teachers, to professional mathematicians. As such it is a rich community, but one in which it is challenging to address such questions in a way which is meaningful to all. However, I shall attempt to do so and I hope that the balance will in a small way also prove illuminating to the reader. In particular, I have a hope that it will point to the breadth and depth of what we expect from our teachers of mathematics, at all levels, and to a valuing of that.