An Enquiry into the Teaching of Mathematics

1956 ◽  
Vol 40 (333) ◽  
pp. 199-200
Keyword(s):  
General System ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
International Commission ◽  
National Committee ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Teaching Of Mathematics ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Work Done

The International Commission on the Teaching of Mathematics, which is one of the Commissions set up by the International Mathematical Union, has been conducting an enquiry into the teaching of mathematics between the ages of 16 and 21. A full report has already been published on this aspect of teaching so far as Germany is concerned and a questionnaire was sent to all countries participating in the work of the commission. The British National Committee for Mathematics appointed Dr. E. A. Maxwell to represent Britain on the International Commission and a sub-committee consisting of Dr. Maxwell, Miss M. L. Cartwright, A. P. Rollett and G. L. Parsons to prepare the answers to the questionnaire. This sub-committee also received a good deal of help from the Department of Education of Cambridge University in connection with questions relating to the general system of education. The sub-committee confined their replies for the most part to work done in schools. With the replies were sent various relevant pamphlets published by the Ministry of Education, specimen timetables from various types of schools, a large number of examination papers and syllabuses and reports of the Mathematical Association. The questionnaire was framed for dealing with state systems of education similar to that in Germany and covered the whole educational system. We give only those parts of it relating to the technical aspects of the enquiry.

scholarly journals THE REALITYOF APPLYING GOVERNANCE PRINCPLES IN GENERAL EDUCATION IN SUDAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Hassan Bashir
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Descriptive Approach

The aim of this paper is to identify the theoretical bases of governance and its importance، to identify the reality of implementing the principles of governance in education in Sudan، and to learn about the most important requirements of applying the principles of governance in education. The researcher used the descriptive analytical descriptive approach in the study by listing and tracking information about governance and its applicability in Sudanese educational institutions. The paper reached a number of results، the most important of which are: The reality of the implementation of the principles of government in education is weak; especially the principle of transparency، participation and accountability is less applicable. "In the light of these results، the researcher recommended a number of recommendations، the direction of officials in the Ministry of Education and the development of the organizational structures of the Department of Education to accommodate the new management trends including governance، and to promote transparency، accountability and participation.  

scholarly journals The Contract-Programs in Universities: Lessons from the International Comparison

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Ana M. García de Fanelli
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
National Committee ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
External Assessment ◽  
Negotiation Processes ◽  
The Government ◽  
University Quality

In 2005, the Ministry of Education of Argentina launched a new policy to allocate public funds to national universities: the contractualization policy. Its purpose is to allocate funds to improve teaching quality based on an institutional plan defined by each university. It is expected that this plan addresses the main weaknesses detected during the external assessment coordinated by the National Committee of University Assessment and Accrediting (CONEAU). This paper presents the main findings of a research project carried out to help in the design of this contractualization policy. The two most important antecedents, the French and the Catalonian cases, are examined through the study of official documents, on-site observation of the French negotiation processes, and interviews with government and university key officials. The study concludes with the main lessons learned from these experiences and shows that this mechanism has clear advantages when aligning the strategic objectives that the government and universities have, in order to improve university quality.

Importance-Performance Analysis Based on Choquet Integral with Respect to L-Measure

2010 ◽  
Vol 44-47 ◽  
pp. 3844-3848
Author(s):  
Shu Juan Lee ◽  
Hsiang Chuan Liu ◽  
Shih Ming Chen ◽  
Yu Du Jheng
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Choquet Integral ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Software Application ◽  
Simple Logistic Regression Model ◽  
Survey System ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Simple Logistic

In this study, the Web-based Multi-Survey System was adopted, one or two choices available among five options, to set up questionnaire to get a nine-point scale with network programs. As an empirical research, which was conformed to the policy of Ministry of Education to promote technology abilities for teachers in Taichung County in 2009, the important and satisfied survey from Teachers’ Free Software Application workshops was analyzed by four approaches which were Importance-Performance Analysis, Simple Logistic regression model, Choquet integral regression model with respect to λ-measure, and Choquet integral regression model with respect to L-measure. By comparing MSE, Choquet integral regression model with L-measure obtained the best performance. Two crosshairs which were Hollenhorst’s overall mean and Choquet integral regression model with L-measure were positioned for I-P matrix. From results, the L-measure model had shown better sensitivity about quadrant distribution, and reflected participants’ real responses. At the same time, it was definitely known what to keep up the good work, concentrate here, or possible overkill through assessing Importance and Performance of teacher’s workshops.

Breaking machines with a pencil

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mavis Batey
Keyword(s):  
Small Scale ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Winston Churchill ◽  
Alan Turing ◽  
International Reputation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
First World ◽  
Intelligence Service ◽  
Hunting Ground

Dilly Knox, the renowned First World War codebreaker, was the first to investigate the workings of the Enigma machine after it came on the market in 1925, and he developed hand methods for breaking Enigma. What he called ‘serendipity’ was truly a mixture of careful observation and inspired guesswork. This chapter describes the importance of the pre-war introduction to Enigma that Turing received from Knox. Turing worked with Knox during the pre-war months, and when war was declared he joined Knox’s Enigma Research Section at Bletchley Park. Once a stately home, Bletchley Park had become the war station of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), of which the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) was part. Its head, Admiral Sir Hugh Sinclair, was responsible for both espionage (Humint) and the new signals intelligence (Sigint), but the latter soon became his priority. Winston Churchill was the first minister to realize the intelligence potential of breaking the enemy’s codes, and in November 1914 he had set up ‘Room 40’ right beside his Admiralty premises. By Bletchley Park’s standards, Room 40 was a small-scale codebreaking unit focusing mainly on naval and diplomatic messages. When France and Germany also set up cryptographic bureaux they staffed them with servicemen, but Churchill insisted on recruiting scholars with minds of their own—the so-called ‘professor types’. It was an excellent decision. Under the influence of Sir Alfred Ewing, an expert in wireless telegraphy and professor of engineering at Cambridge University, Ewing’s own college, King’s, became a happy hunting ground for ‘professor types’ during both world wars—including Dillwyn (Dilly) Knox (Fig. 11.1) in the first and Alan Turing in the second. Until the time of Turing’s arrival, mostly classicists and linguists were recruited. Knox himself had an international reputation for unravelling charred fragments of Greek papyri. Shortly after Enigma first came on the market in 1925, offering security to banks and businesses for their telegrams and cables, the GC&CS obtained two of the new machines, and some time later Knox studied one of these closely.

Technology Efficiency Education

1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Barojas
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Cognitive Tools ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Industrial Education ◽  
General Direction ◽  
Operational Factors ◽  
Planning Development

The concept of a culture of technology efficiency is considered in the context of a plan designed to prepare engineers who teach technicians. The conditions essential to the development of such a culture have been established and tested in terms of goals, cognitive tools and operational factors, and these are discussed and analysed in this paper. These factors were applied to a joint programme undertaken in Mexico by the Department of Education of the National Commission for Energy Efficiency and the General Direction of Technological and Industrial Education under the Ministry of Education. After describing this programme and assessing the results, the author concludes with more general remarks concerning the planning, development and evaluation of educational projects in the context of technology efficiency.

Effects of Variations on the Experimental Set-Up on the Motion Response of a Floating Wind Semisubmersible (OC4 Type)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastien Gueydon
Keyword(s):  
Low Frequency ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Complex Behaviour ◽  
Code Comparison ◽  
Motion Responses ◽  
Wave Basin ◽  
Complex Test ◽  
Inertia Properties ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Work Done

Abstract With their light weights, small components like braces and heave plates and steady trim angle caused by the wind loads acting on the rotor, semisubmersible foundations used as support platform for wind turbines exhibit a complex behaviour where viscous loading play an important role. The work done by the Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration Continued with Correlation (OC5) project has shown that standard engineering tools were not always able to predict accurately the motions of the DeepCwind semisubmersible that were measured in a basin. The correct amplitude of the motions at the natural periods of this system appeared to be difficult to obtain with simulations (especially the low frequency surge, and the pitch resonant motion). In view of the complexity of the system, it was not possible to clearly identify the causes of the differences between the simulations and the model-test results. A follow-on validation campaign was therefore performed at the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) under the MARINET2 project with the same floating substructure, with a focus on better understanding the hydrodynamic loads and reducing uncertainty in the tests by minimizing the system complexity. The wind turbine was replaced by a stiff tower with resembling inertia properties. The mooring system was simplified by using taut-spring lines with equivalent linear stiffness in surge. This paper reviews the new tests done with the simplified set-up and examines the differences with previous tests done with more complex test set-ups. The main motivation of this work is to study how variations of an experimental set-up can affect the outcome of tests in a wave basin. To start with, the main parameters of the systems (inertia, hydrostatics, and mooring stiffness) for all set-ups are characterized to check how similar they are. Then the level of damping in all systems is compared. Finally, the paper looks at how well the motion responses of this semisubmersible in waves correlate between all these campaigns.

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