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Mathematics: the foundation of STEM

Mathematics: the foundation of STEM. John Holman. Michael Gove at the Royal Society 29 June 2011.

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Mathematics: the foundation of STEM

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  1. Mathematics: the foundation of STEM John Holman

  2. Michael Gove at the Royal Society 29 June 2011 • We are also committed to the existing programmes that have proven their worth over the past few years. For instance, the performance of the Further Maths Support Programme has been outstanding. The growth in the number taking Further Maths A level is testament to their success.

  3. Outline of my talk The importance of STEM Mathematics in STEM Some policy drivers Post-16 mathematics: a challenge for us all The most important thing to get right

  4. Outline of my talk The importance of STEM Mathematics in STEM Some policy drivers Post-16 mathematics: a challenge for us all The most important thing to get right

  5. Ferranti Mercury computer (1960s)

  6. Moore’s Law Computing power doubles every 18 months

  7. CBI Education and Skills Survey, 2010 Responses from 694 employers

  8. CBI Education & Skills Survey 2010

  9. CBI Education & Skills Survey 2010

  10. CBI Education and Skills Survey 2011

  11. CBI Education and Skills Survey 2011

  12. National Skills Audit 2010UK Commission for Employment and Skills predicts growth of highly skilled work importance of increased skill levels for future growth decline in lower skilled jobs especially fast-growing demand for STEM-skilled technicians.

  13. Source: C. Humphries (2006) Skills in a Global Economy, City and Guilds

  14. CBI Education and Skills Survey 2011

  15. Outline of my talk The importance of STEM Mathematics in STEM Some policy drivers Post-16 mathematics: a challenge for us all The most important thing to get right

  16. A Level Maths earns a premium Both graduates and non-graduates who took maths A-level ended up earning on average 10 per cent more than those of similar ability and background who did not. CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 1999

  17. ScienceTechnologyEngineeringMathematics

  18. TechnologyEngineeringMathematics

  19. EngineeringMathematics

  20. Mathematics

  21. First year Chemists at the University of York

  22. First year Chemists at the University of York • About two-thirds of students have AS or A level mathematics

  23. First year Chemists at the University of York • First course: Gases and Equilibria • handouts

  24. Sources: Mathematical Needs, ACME June 2011

  25. Outline of my talk The importance of STEM Mathematics in STEM Some policy drivers Post-16 mathematics: a challenge for us all The most important thing to get right

  26. Some policy drivers The economy

  27. Some policy drivers The economy International comparisons

  28. Michael Gove at the Royal Society 29 June 2011 • In the last decade, we have plummeted down the international league tables: from 4th to 16th place in science; and from 8th to 28th in maths. While other countries – particularly Asian nations - have raced ahead we have, in the words of the OECD’s Director of Education, “stagnated.”

  29. Some policy drivers The economy International comparisons Revision of the national curriculum

  30. Some policy drivers The economy International comparisons Revision of the national curriculum Wolf report on vocational education

  31. Some policy drivers The economy International comparisons Revision of the national curriculum Wolf report on vocational education Post-16 participation

  32. Outline of my talk The importance of STEM Mathematics in STEM Some policy drivers Post-16 mathematics: a challenge for us all The most important thing to get right

  33. A Level Mathematics entries, 1996-2009 A level maths

  34. STEM A Level Entries Increases in A Level entries, 2005-2009

  35. STEM A levels: 2008-2010

  36. A larger increase in females entering A level maths than males 9,800 more male pupils in 2009. This is a 34% increase on 2005 8,700 more female pupils in 2009. This is a 50% increase on 2005

  37. Greater increases in sixth form colleges and maintained sixth forms A Level Maths

  38. STEM higher education: 1999-2008

  39. Coe, R J, Searle, J, Barmby, P, Jones, K and Higgins, S (2008) Relative difficulty of examinations in different subjects, Curriculum, Evaluation and Management Centre, Durham University

  40. FE achievements in STEM Royal Academy of Engineering FE data project

  41. FE achievements in STEM Of the qualifications achieved in 2008/09:

  42. Section 6

  43. Section 2.5

  44. Section 2.11

  45. But …..

  46. Student participation in mathematics post-16 Table from ACME’s Mathematical Needs: Mathematics in the workplace and in HE report, based on data from the Nuffield Foundation’s Is the UK an Outlier? report.

  47. Student participation in mathematics post-16 Table from ACME’s Mathematical Needs: Mathematics in the workplace and in HE report, based on data from the Nuffield Foundation’s Is the UK an Outlier? report.

  48. Mathematical 17 year olds • 660,000 in the cohort • 286,000 did A levels • 85,000 did AS or A level Maths • ACME estimates that 120,000 need to do maths for science and engineering, and 60,000 for social science.

  49. Source: ACME/UCAS

  50. Michael Gove at the Royal Society 29 June 2011 • That is why I think we should set a new goal for the education system so that within a decade the vast majority of pupils are studying maths right through to the age of 18.

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