Catalogue description Department of Education and Science: Committee of Inquiry into the Teaching of Mathematics in Schools (Cockcroft Committee): Minutes and Papers

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Reference: ED 284
Title: Department of Education and Science: Committee of Inquiry into the Teaching of Mathematics in Schools (Cockcroft Committee): Minutes and Papers
Description:

This series contains the minutes and papers of the committee set up in 1978 to consider the teaching of mathematics in primary and secondary schools in England and Wales.
Date: 1978-1981
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Education and Science, Committee of Inquiry into the Teaching of Mathematics, 1978-1981
Physical description: 22 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 2004 Department for Education and Skills
Accruals: Not accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

Concerns raised by the Education, Arts and Home Office Sub-committee of the Parliamentary Expenditure Committee in their report of July 1977 led to the Secretary of State for Education and Science establishing an inquiry into the teaching of mathematics in primary and secondary schools, with particular regard to the skills required in further education, employment and adult life generally. The committee, under the chairmanship of Dr Wilfred H Cockcroft, vice chancellor of the New University of Ulster at Coleraine, met for the first time on 25 September 1978 and submitted its report jointly to the Secretary of State for Education and the Secretary of State for Wales on 10 November 1981.

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