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The Mathematical Association is a professional society concerned with mathematics education

Mathematics education

In contemporary education, mathematics education is the practice of teaching and learning mathematics, along with the associated scholarly research....

in the UK

United Kingdom

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History

It was founded in 1871 as the Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching and renamed to the Mathematical Association in 1897. It was the first teachers' subject organisation formed in England. In March 1927, it held a three day meeting in Grantham

Grantham

Grantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...

to commemorate the bicentenary of the death of Sir Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton PRS was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived."...

, attended by Sir J. J. Thomson

J. J. Thomson

Sir Joseph John "J. J." Thomson, OM, FRS was a British physicist and Nobel laureate. He is credited for the discovery of the electron and of isotopes, and the invention of the mass spectrometer...

(discoverer of the electron), Sir Frank Watson Dyson

Frank Watson Dyson

Sir Frank Watson Dyson, KBE, FRS was an English astronomer and Astronomer Royal who is remembered today largely for introducing time signals from Greenwich, England, and for the role he played in testing Einstein's theory of general relativity.- Biography :Dyson was born in Measham, near...

- the Astronomer Royal

Astronomer Royal

Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. There are two officers, the senior being the Astronomer Royal dating from 22 June 1675; the second is the Astronomer Royal for Scotland dating from 1834....

, Sir Horace Lamb

Horace Lamb

Sir Horace Lamb FRS was a British applied mathematician and author of several influential texts on classical physics, among them Hydrodynamics and Dynamical Theory of Sound...

, and G. H. Hardy

G. H. Hardy

Godfrey Harold “G. H.” Hardy FRS was a prominent English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis....

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In the 1960s, when comprehensive education was being introduced, the Association was in favour of the 11 plus system. For maths teacherstraining at university, a teaching award that was examined was the Diploma of the Mathematical Association, later known as the Diploma in Mathematical Education of the Mathematical Association.

Function

It exists to "bring about improvements in the teaching of mathematics and its applications, and to provide a means of communication among students and teachers of mathematics". Since 1894 it has published The Mathematical Gazette. It jointly hosts the British Congress of Mathematics Education conference each April with the ATM, situated at different universities each year.

Structure

It is based in the south-east of Leicester on London Road (A6), just south of the Charles Frears campus of De Montfort University

De Montfort University

De Montfort University is a public research and teaching university situated in the medieval Old Town of Leicester, England, adjacent to the River Soar and the Leicester Castle Gardens...

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Aside from the Council, it has seven other specialist committees.

Regions

Its branches are sometimes shared with the ATM:

Birmingham
Cambridge
East Midlands
Glasgow
Gloucester
Liverpool
London
Marches
Meridian (southern England)
Sheffield
Sussex
Yorkshire

Past presidents

Past presidents of the MA have included:

1910–1912 H H Turner
1912–1913 E W Hobson
1914–1915 A G Greenhill
1916–1917 A N Whitehead
1918–1919 T P Nunn
1920 E T Whittaker
1921 J M Wilson
James Maurice Wilson
Rev. James Maurice Wilson was a British theologian, maths and science teacher, and astronomer.-Early life:...
1923 T L Heath
1925–1926 G H Hardy
1927–1928 M J M Hill
1929–1930 W F Sheppard
1931–1932 A S Eddington
1933–1934 G N Watson
1935 E H Neville
1936 A W Siddons
1937 A R Forsyth
1938 L N G Filon
1939 W Hope-Jones
1946–1947 Warin Foster Bushell
Warin Foster Bushell
Warin Foster Bushell MA FRAS was a schoolmaster and educationalist who was headmaster of leading schools in England and South Africa and a President of the Mathematical Association.-Early life:...

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