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Finding Synergies in the Mathematical Sciences

dc.contributor.authorAcademy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-02T10:25:40Z
dc.date.available2017-03-02T10:25:40Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationAcademy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2016). Finding Synergies in the Mathematical Sciences. [Online] Available from: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2016/0008
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9947076-2-8
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2016/0008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/24
dc.descriptionCite: Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2016). Finding Synergies in the Mathematical Sciences. [Online] Available from: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2016/0008
dc.description.abstractThe Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) convened a workshop on Finding Synergies in the Mathematical Sciences in Cape Town on 15 – 16 September 2016. The meeting sought to promote and seek a discursive space to explore synergies and an inclusive approach to mathematics across all the scientific disciplines and the adoption of a broader, more integrated vision of the role of mathematics in education and society. The meeting also aimed to explore the feasibility and desirability of a broad consensus study which would inter alia conduct an audit of initiatives and best practices that address issues of synergising the mathematical sciences in South Africa. South Africa’s National Development Plan projects that the number of school-leavers, who should qualify for entrance to a Bachelor’s degree for which mathematics is a prerequisite, will more than double by 2024 and will treble by 2030. At the same time, the relationship, or lack of one, between mathematics and mathematics education represents a matter of concern, potentially exacerbating the limited performance of South African pupils and students. The workshop sought to address these significant capacity challenges and the increasing permeation of mathematics across academic disciplines by exploring potential synergies and collaborations among the mathematical sciences, with the interconnected goals of improving educational and research outputs and supporting the country’s development and transformation.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Science and Technologyen_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAcademy of Science of South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectSynergiesen_ZA
dc.subjectMathematical Sciencesen_ZA
dc.titleFinding Synergies in the Mathematical Sciencesen_ZA
dc.typeWorkshop Proceedingsen_ZA
dc.identifier.doi10.17159/assaf.2016/0008
assaf.peer-review.statusNon-Peer Reviewed


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