Professor Adrian Oldknow
Adrian Oldknow taught maths in secondary schools in Surrey before becoming a lecturer in maths & computing in an FE college in Berkshire during which time he took a second degree in computer science. After 25 years in teacher development, curriculum design, educational research and higher education teaching, Adrian retired from the University of Chichester as Emeritus Professor in mathematics and computing education in 1999.
He has been closely involved with several school-based ICT projects in Hampsire working with Ron Taylor for NCET, Becta, TTA, QCA before the current project. More information about his current activities can be found on his website:
Ron Taylor
Ron has over 20 years’ teaching experience in schools and colleges, including work with attached units for pupils with special needs. Currently he is a general inspector/adviser for mathematics. He has extensive experience offering advice and support to primary and secondary schools on a one-to-one basis and through support networks, pyramid groups and in-service training.
He has contributed to a major DfES project concerned with raising the mathematical achievement of all including low-attaining pupils. He has been responsible for a number of curriculum initiatives of national significance, has offered advice and in-service training both nationally and internationally and is, by invitation, an adviser on two curriculum working parties under the auspices of the Mathematical Association (MA) and British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTa).
Ron has led a number of mathematics and cross-curricular projects based in Hampshire schools. He is a member of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority’s post 16 mathematics advisory group, was involved in the formal consultation of the review of the mathematics National Curriculum, including, more recently classroom based research on developing pupils’ algebraic and geometrical reasoning. He has been called upon to make representations on proposals for the future curriculum and assessment for 14-19 year olds.
Publications include joint authorship with Adrian Oldknow of “Engaging Mathematics”, written for the Technology College Trust (now Specialist Schools and Academies Trust), and “Teaching mathematics using ICT”. He also made key contributions to “ICT and Mathematics: a guide to learning and teaching mathematics 11-19” produced for the Teacher Training Agency by The Mathematical Association. He was, by invitation from HMI, part of the team evaluating the impact of government initiatives on the use of ICT in schools.