Press Release
ATL comment on Reform research
3 June 2008
In response to a study by right-of-centre think-tank Reform which concluded that the British economy has lost £9 million due to the poor standard of teaching and examinations in maths. Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) said:
“ATL is concerned that too many pupils believe maths is neither geek nor chic, but merely irrelevant outside the narrow confines of exams. This thinking begins early, and is exacerbated by government guidance on which aspects of maths will help pupils reach targets.
“Pupils need to play with maths to develop mathematical ways of seeing the world, whether they are 5 or 15. This won’t happen by building teacher-proof curriculum frameworks but by developing professional teachers who know how to help pupils to learn through play.”
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