Teacher, Dunmore County Junior School, Abingdon Policy Unit, Prime Minister's Office (resigned April 1980) Head teacher, Dyffryn Comprehensive School, Port Talbot Head of Mathematics Department, Fairchildes High School, CroydonĪssistant Principal and Head of the Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Accrington and Rossendale College, Accrington Vice Chancellor, New University of Ulster, Coleraine The Committee of Inquiry into the teaching of Mathematics in primary and We are greatly indebted to Dr Cockcroft and the members of his Committee, and commend their work to all those concerned about the quality of mathematics taught in our schools. The Committee's findings point to the need for teachers to devote more time to the use of mathematics in applications taken from real life. They are particularly valuable in examining closely the mathematics which is in fact needed in different kinds of employment and in everyday life, and relating it to what is taught in the schools. They reveal the hesitant grasp many adults have of even quite simple mathematical skills. They will be of interest to many both within and outside the education service. The early chapters of the report are concerned with these aspects. The Committee's terms of reference invited it to consider the teaching of mathematics with particular regard to the mathematics required in further and higher education, employment and adult life generally. We hope that there will be widespread discussion of the report's conclusions and that action will follow. To the extent that the report calls for extra resources, progress is bound to be conditioned by the continuing need to restrain public expenditure but many recommendations involve no such call. The contribution of all will be necessary if we are to make headway. The report identifies six agencies whose active response is required. The main message is for the education service. It should be read by those responsible for school mathematics at all levels. It offers constructive and original proposals for change. This report tackles that criticism head on. Mathematics in Schools under the Chairmanship ofīY THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION AND SCIENCE AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WALESįew subjects in the school curriculum are as important to the future of the nation as mathematics and few have been the subject of more comment and criticism in recent years. Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Teaching of © Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1982 Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Teaching of Mathematics in Schools under the Chairmanship of Dr WH Cockcroft The text of the 1982 Cockcroft Report was prepared by Derek Gillard and uploaded on 14 October 2007. Gender differences in mathematical performance In-service support for teachers of mathematics The mathematical needs of further and higher education You can scroll through it or use the following links to go to the various chapters.įoreword, Membership, Contents, Introduction The complete report is shown in this single web page.
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