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Teaching Mathematics and its Applications 1997 16(4):145-147; doi:10.1093/teamat/16.4.145
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Rediscovering Mathematics?

TONY GARDINER

Tony Gardiner is reader in Mathematics and Mathematics Education at the University of Birmingham. He is the current President of the Mathematical Association. He has been closely involved in the development since 1988 of the "Mathematical Challenges" and olympiads for all secondary ages (which now involve around 320 000 pupils from 2200 schools each year). He has recently published four books: a reissue of "Mathematical Puzzling", "Mathematical Challenge", "More Mathematical Challenges", and "The Mathematical Olympiad Handbook"

Address for correspondence: School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
We face serious choices affecting mathematics 16–19. Some were aired during the hasty discussion of the revised A/AS core during 1996, but most were effectively sidelined at that time by the tight deadlines imposed. The subsequent delay in implementing the core gave us time to examine the options more carefully, but it remains unclear how this potentially valuable breathing space has been used. This article explores some of the background issues that urgently need to be addressed if we are not to repeat earlier mistakes.


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