The Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education Conference 2012 will take place on 10 July 2012 at the Royal Society in London.
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Draft UK primary mathematics changes for consultation
The UK Government have released a draft primary school Programme of Study for mathematics for consultation.
The announcement was much covered in the press, which focused on the ‘back to basics’ approach. The Daily Mail reported that “times tables are to be put back at the heart of the curriculum for children’s first years at school for the first time in decades” with other details reported including learning how to calculate using decimal places and fractions, and dealing with numbers up to ten million.
“Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks” – 10 years on
ScienceWatch has published an interview with Duncan Watts and Steve Strogatz on the decennial of the publication of their paper “Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks”, which contained some counter-intuitive results about the spread of disease and sparked the development of network theory.
The interview covers what they did, what it means and what they hope will happen in the future. It’s quite interesting.
Interview: Duncan Watts & Steve Strogatz on ScienceWatch
Paper: Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks (£22 to the unwashed)
Math52 reaches Kickstarter goal
Math52, a project by Mathalicious to “offer a fresh vision of what it means to teach math”, has surpassed its Kickstarter funding goal, which means that the project will receive the pledged money and can go ahead. At the time of writing, over $36,500 have been raised, well over the target of $27,000.
The aim is to “create a new video exploring a unique application of math in everyday life” each week for a year. The Kickstarter closes on Saturday the 16th of June, so there’s still time to throw some money into the pot and get what I assume is a discounted year’s subscription to all the material they produce.
Information: Math52 on Kickstarter
Source: Keith Devlin on Twitter
Previously: Math52: A Fresh Way to Teach?
Film “The Turing Enigma” online for free
The Turing Enigma, “a dark thriller, commemorating the tragic death of Alan Turing,” is available to view for free online. First, here’s a trailer:
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Math/Maths 100: 2nd Birthday Spectacular – What’s your project?
A new episode of the Math/Maths Podcast has been released.
A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week is a 100th episode/2nd birthday celebration. Samuel and Peter discuss the last year in mathematics, then introduce and discussion contributions from 11+ special guests answering the question ‘What’s your current project?’ featuring: Alex Bellos; Dave Gale; Noel-Ann Bradshaw; Edmund Harriss; Keith Devlin; Tony Mann; Colm Mulcahy; Peter Krautzberger; Katie Steckles and Christian Perfect; Marianne Freiberger. They end with a special preview trailer of Samuel’s project Relatively Prime.
Get this episode: Math/Maths 100: 2nd Birthday Spectacular – What’s your project?
12th Forum of Young Women Mathematicians
via Olivier Gerard on Google+:
12th Forum of Young (Wo)men Mathematicians
Will take place in Paris in November. All mathematicians (of all ages and genders) welcome to attend. Starting keynote by Claire Voisin. Young women and young men starting their mathematics career can submit a talk. The particularity is that all organization, referring and invited lectures are by established women mathematicians.