| Title | I. Background: Why focus on Key Stage 3? |
|---|---|
| Contributor | Tony Gardiner (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0071.01 |
| Landing page | https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0071/chapters/10.11647/obp.0071.01 |
| License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| Copyright | Tony Gardiner |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Published on | 2016-02-08 |
| Page range | pp. 1-6 |
| Print length | 5 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
Tony Gardiner, former Reader in Mathematics and Mathematics Education at the University of Birmingham, was responsible for the foundation of the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust in 1996, one of the UK's largest mathematics enrichment programs. Gardiner has contributed to many educational articles and internationally circulated educational pamphlets. As well as his involvement with mathematics education, Gardiner has also made contributions to the areas of infinite groups, finite groups, graph theory, and algebraic combinatorics. In the year 1994-1995, he received the Paul Erdős Award for his contributions to UK and international Mathematical Challenges and Olympiads. In 1997 Gardiner served as President of the Mathematical Association, and in 2011 was elected Education Secretary of the London Mathematical Society.