Associate Professor in Mathematics Education awarded £21k funding

Dr Christian Bokhove has been successful in his application as Principal investigator, to the University’s ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) to gain funding for his project: Towards a School Mathematics Project 2.0

The School Mathematics Project was an iconic project from the 60s and later on by the University of Southampton. Recently the archive and copyright of these materials returned to our university. This ESRC impact project will explore whether and how we can revive these quality resources and explore how we can transform SMP into an SMP 2.0. The project has four aims. First, it will map and digitise key parts of the archive. Second, it will map the archive against the current KS3 and KS4 curriculum. Third, it will collect and evaluate views on the SMP materials. Finally, these three aims will then culminate in a feasibility report. Is it feasible to breathe new life in the original project, and create new versions of the textbooks, integrating a firm research component. The project is collaboration between the Southampton Education School, three schools in the region, and the Mathematics department at the University. The project will have substantial user engagement, genuine collaboration and co-design with classroom practitioners.

This is an excellent achievement for Christian and is a great indication of what can be achieved with internal funding. The project which starts now and runs to the end of March 2019, will definitely be one to watch. The project blog is available here http://is.gd/smptwo.  

To find out more about IAA funding visit the ESRC website.