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Action
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1.
Apologies
as
listed in 2 |
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2.
Welcome to new representatives, alternates and
visitors
Guests
Sue Merchant and George Paterson from the Operational
Research Society and Chris Kyriacou and Maria Goulding from
EPPI Mathematics Education Review Group and University of
York
Karen
Spencer as the new ACME representative
John
Hibbs as alternate for Barbara Ball (ATM)
Keith
Jones as alternate for Ros Sutherland (BSRLM)
James
Nicholson as the representative for BCME and alternate for
Nigel Steele (IMA)
Michael Ling as alternate for Roger Porkess (MEI)
Paul
Scruton as alternate for Margaret Brown (SMP)
Tim
Coulson in addition to Linton Waters for Strategies
Thanks
to the following for their service on JMC
Peter
Lacey (ATM)
Nicky
Rutherford (DfES) at this, her last, JMC meeting |
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3.
Minutes of the meeting of November 2nd 2004
Approved
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Matters arising from the minutes
Letters to
Territories.
Response from
Scotland. Welcome specific
questions to ask other Territories.
The two page
summary of the International Review for schools will be
found on the papers website.
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All
to think of specific questions to ask each Territory. Email
Sue Sanders with ideas |
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Reports from Officers
i)
Chair
a. Sir
Peter Williams, Chair of ACME, will be present at our June
Council meeting to initiate and participate in discussion on
JMC working relationship with ACME under the title ‘ACME
role and work’.
b. Report of Chair of Nominations Committee to be
included in Reports from Officers agenda item. Nominating
process: Committee proposes person and executive appoints,
normally with unanimous support though certainly without
opposition. If, in the unlikely event, a nomination is
unresolved then executive to bring to Council. Nominating
committee to be announced by Executive at each AGM for the
following year.
ii)
Secretary
Papers will be made available via the JMC papers
website.
iii)
Treasurer
a. All surplus donations for ICME 10 from Trinity
College, The Royal Society and The London Mathematical
Society have now been returned.
b. One organisation has still to pay their subscription.
– this is being followed up.
iv) Chair
of Nominations Committee
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a.
Nominations Committee
is Gerald Goodall (Chair), Margaret Brown,
Andrew
Osbaldestin,
Bill Richardson and Ros Sutherland.
b.
Executive have identified that we do not have anyone on the
Nominations Committee directly involved in FE.
Seek
recommendations from Council for FE person.
c.
It
was agreed that some of the Nominations Committee could be
non Council members.
d. The
Nominations Committee offered advice and agreed with the
name Cheryl Praeger going forward for an ICME committee.
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Sue
Sanders
will
email location of JMC papers website
All
email Sue Sanders with recommendations for FE person on
Nominations Committee
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Discussion with Chief Advisor for Mathematics
(England) Celia Hoyles
Opportunity for the Chief Advisor for Mathematics to inform
and ask questions of JMC, and for JMC to inform and ask
questions of the Chief Advisor for Mathematics
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Report from ACME (Karen Spencer)
Paper
as submitted. Thinking about future projects.
ACME
reports to JMC to be proactive in seeking JMC input e.g.
into the direction ACME should go.
The reports might well
include items for discussion at the JMC meeting to which
they were presented.
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Karen
Spencer
to develop ACME reports |
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Operational Research Society (ORS Sue Merchant
and George Paterson)
Presentation including ‘What the OR Society is’ and the
‘Benefits of working together’.
Website:
http://www.orsoc.org.uk/
Following members only meeting ORS admitted to JMC as
Observers |
Sue
Sanders
to add ORS to contact list of observers |
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Working Parties
Report
from CPD Working Party (James Nicholson)
Paper
as submitted
Working Party to continue to investigate
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A common framework for CPD for all involved in the
teaching and learning of mathematics
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JMC organisations offer to National and Regional
Mathematics Centres
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Adrian
Oldknow
to convene working party |
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Members Item (David Martin)
Paper
as submitted
David
Martin to gather responses on discussion paper ‘JMC Network
and Relationship’ for the June meeting
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All
send
responses to paper to David Martin
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Standing Committees
BCME.
Report on planning for BCME 2005 (James Nicholson)
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report
submitted. 350 full registrations.
Encourage members of organisations to apply for BCME6.
Position paper now arranged for June meeting following BCME6
event.
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All
to
encourage BCME6 participation BCME to produce
position paper for June meeting |
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Higher Education
(Peter Saunders) – verbal report given.
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Teacher Education
(Dave Miller) – paper as submitted
JMC
Response to Langlands Gateways to the Professions
report consultation questions
Working party set up by JMC with Dave Miller and Keith Jones
(with power to co-opt two others) to draft response. Council
to agree (but not nit pick) response.
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Dave
Miller and Keith Jones
to form Working Party to respond to Langlands |
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International Affairs (Sue Sanders)
UNESCO
Experiencing Mathematics exhibition – not booked for the UK
yet see
http://www.mathex.org/
Need
for initial funding to investigate feasibility of UK hosting
future ICME. Bernard Silverman (Keith Jones to draft) JMC
letter to Government seeking commitment of funds over the
next few years towards ICME12/16 hosting bid. cc Alice Onion
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Bernard Silverman (Keith Jones
to
draft) JMC letter to Government on ICME funding.
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JMC Website
(Bill Richardson)
Website
http://mcs.open.ac.uk/jmc/ little change
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Sue
Sanders
to
email re views on contact information held |
16.
Update on current developments
i)
TTA
(Alf Brown - paper submitted)
ii)
QCA
(Alice
Onion – paper submitted)
iii)
ACCAC
(Tony Holloway – paper submitted)
iv)
OFSTED
(Lynn Churchman – papers submitted)
v)
The Strategies
(Linton Waters – papers submitted)
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Dates of future meetings
i)
Thursday 9th June 2005 at 11:00
ii)
Tuesday 1st November 2005 at 11:30
immediately following AGM at 11:00
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AOB
None
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Discussion item
The
impact of daily mathematics lessons in Key Stage 1 Chris
Kyriacou and Maria Goulding EPPI Mathematics Education
Review Group and University of York
EPPI-Centre (The Evidence for Policy and Practice
Information and Co-ordinating Centre is part of the Social
Science Research Unit (SSRU), Institute of Education,
University of London)
(paper
submitted – full review at
http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/) |
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