Count On is a major mathematics education project in the United Kingdom which was announced by education secretary David Blunkett at the end of 2000. It was the follow-on to Maths Year 2000 which was the UK's contribution to UNICEF's World Mathematical Year.[1]
Count On had two main strands:
- The website www.counton.org[2] which won the 2002 BETT prize for best free online learning resource.[3]
- "MathFests", which were maths funfairs held around the country, aimed particularly at those who would not normally come into contact with mathematical ideas.[4]
The MathFests were run largely by MatheMagic and the University of York.[citation needed]
The project has now been handed over to the NCETM.[citation needed]
Popularisation of Mathematics edit
Count On and Maths Year 2000 were some of the first big Popularisation of Mathematics projects. Others are listed below.
International edit
- World Mathematical Year 2000 [1]
- Statistics 2013 [2]
- World Maths Day (orig. Australian) - next one is 6 March 2013 [3]
Australia edit
India edit
Ireland edit
Nigeria edit
Spain edit
United Kingdom edit
- Maths Year 2000 Scotland
- Maths Cymru (Wales)
United States edit
- Steven Strogatz's blog [9]
References edit
- ^ English pupils lag behind in maths, BBC News, 5 December 2000.
- ^ "My Media: Kate Scarborough", The Guardian, 31 July 2006.
- ^ "Deputy logs on to £100,000", Times Educational Supplement, 18 January 2002, archived from the original on 5 October 2012, retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "No doubt about it - we're addicted to maths", Times Educational Supplement, 19 January 2001, archived from the original on 5 October 2012, retrieved 24 July 2011.
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