Programme
The one-day conference on 11 March introduced the Cambridge Mathematics Framework and launched a worldwide consultation. Sessions also focused on the elements that support the Framework; teaching and learning resources, professional development and assessment.
Delegates in London were joined by live video links from seminars being held in Egypt and South Africa.
| 09:30 |
Registration and refreshments |
| 10:00 |
Welcome
Bene't Steinberg
Director, Group Public Affairs, Cambridge Assessment
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz
Vice Chancellor, University of Cambridge |
| 10:20 |
Cambridge Mathematics Framework
Lynne McClure
Director, Cambridge Mathematics
Professor Margaret Brown OBE
King's College London
Debate chaired by Bene't Steinberg
Director, Group Public Affairs, Cambridge Assessment
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| 11:20 |
Refreshment break and networking |
| 11:45 |
Professional development
Professor Mike Askew
Adjunct Professor, Monash University, Australia
Professor Malcom Swan
Director of the Centre for Research in Mathematics Education (CMRE), University of Nottingham
Debate chaired by Helen Eccles
Director, Development, Cambridge International Examinations
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| 13:00 |
Lunch and networking |
| 13:55 |
Support resources
Professor Birgit Pepin
Professor of Mathematics Education, Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Dr Alison Clark-Wilson
Research Fellow, University College London, Institute of Education
Debate chaired by Hanri Pieterse
Managing Director, Education, Cambridge University Press
|
| 15:05 |
Refreshment break and networking |
| 15:30 |
Assessment
Madame Toh Hoon Sin
Senior Assessment Specialist (Mathematics), Assessment Planning and Development Division, Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board
Will Hornby
Maths and Technical Subject Specialist, Oxford, Cambridge and RSA
Debate chaired by Tim Oates CBE
Group Director, Assessment Research and Development, Cambridge Assessment
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| 16:40 |
Closing remarks
Peter Phillips
Chief Executive, Cambridge University Press
Charlie Gilderdale
Interim Director, NRICH, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
Nigel Peake
Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge
Simon Lebus
Group Chief Executive, Cambridge Assessment |