The CSIRO has recently launched a “Mathematicians in Schools” initiative (as part of its broader “Scientists in Schools” program), to support applicants with a mathematical background who are interested in working with primary and secondary school teachers in the classroom. (Via the AustMS)
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Alasdair McAndrew crunches through the numbers of the proposed “Mathematics Change Plan” at Victoria University, which plans to cut the number of mathematics staff in half, while reducing mathematics teaching by about ten percent, and finds the numbers do not add up: the actual number of teaching hours put in by the staff (2550 hours/year) [...]
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