Professor Celia Hoyles

  • Qualifications and position:
    • O.B.E PhD, BSc. (Hons), M.Ed, FIMA, AcSS
    • Professor of Mathematics Education
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Children and Learning
  • Department:
    • Culture, Communication and Media
  • Centre:
    • London Knowledge Lab
  • Summary:
    • Interests: policy: research: students' conceptions of proof, mathematical skills in modern workplaces, computational environments for learning and sharing mathematics and systemic change in teaching mathematics 2004-2007 Government Chief Adviser for Mathematics. Director of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics since 2007. International Commission of Mathematics Instruction (ICMI) Hans Freudenthal medal, 2004 Royal Society Kavli Education Medal 2011. Hon Doctorates awarded by the Open University 2006, Loughborough University 2008, and Sheffield Hallam University, 2011.
  • Teaching:
    • Masters and PhD teaching in Mathematics Education
  • Research Projects:
    • Justifying and Proving in School Mathematics (ESRC)
      Longitudinal Study of Mathematics Reasoning (ESRC)
      Animated Playgrounds for Learning (ESPRIT, EU Information Technologies)
      International Comparative Study of Geometry Curricula (Qualifications & Curricula Authority, QCA)
      WebLabs new representational infrastructures for e-learning (EU, IST programme)
      Techno-mathematical Literacies in the Workplace (Teaching and Learning Programme, TLRP, ESRC)
      MiGEN: Intelligent Support for Mathematical Generalisation (EPSRC/ESRC, TLRP-TEL)
      UPMAP: Understanding Participation rates in post-16 Mathematics and Physics (ESRC)
      Intelligent Support for Mathematical Generalisation, MiGEN (EPSRC/ESRC-TLRP)
      The Understanding Participation rates in post-16 Mathematics and Physics, UPMAP: (ESRC)
      The National Centre for Excellence in the teaching of Mathematics, NCETM
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Research Theses supervised (some jointly) by Prof Celia Hoyles
      Sutherland, Rosamund. 1988
      Robins, Keith. 1989
      Bamfield, Moira Catherine. 1989
      Evans, Richard. 1991
      Garnier, Rowan.
1992
      Dowrick, Nicholas. 1992
      Ursini-Legovich, Sonia. 1994
      Magina, Sandra. 1994
      Morgan, Candia Ruth. 1995
      Correia Dias, Angela Alvares. 1996
      Gomes Ferreira, Veronica Gitirana. 1997
      Anakwue, Festus Onyeama. 1997
      Morais de Lira, Ana Karina. 2000
      Healy, Siobhan (Lulu). 2002
  • Professional Activities:
    • 2003 Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (FIMA)
      2004 O.B.E (for services to mathematics education)
      2004 International Commission of Mathematics Instruction (ICMI) Hans Freudenthal medal, first recipient
      2006 Hon Doctorate of Philosophy, the Open University
      2008 Hon Doctorate of Science, Loughborough University
      2009 Academician of the Social Sciences (AcSS)
      2010 Visiting Professor, University of Melbourne
      2010 Canotta Distinguished Visiting Fellowship in Mathematics Education, 2009-10 University of Hong Kong
      2010 Distinguished Visitor, Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education, San Diego State University
      2011 Royal Society Kavli Education Medal in recognition of a distinguished contribution to science or mathematics education & outstanding contribution to research; first recipient
      2011 Foreign Fellow of the Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians in recognition of her outstanding contributions to international achievement in the area of mathematics education and technology
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • 2002 Herbert Spencer lecture series, University of Oxford
      2005 British Congress of Mathematics Education, (BCME6) & also BCME1 in 1985
      2006 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) St Louis USA
      2007 First joint conference German mathematicians (DMV) and mathematics educators (GDM), Berlin
      2007 Frontiers of Mathematical Education, Royal Academy of Sciences of Madrid and the Higher Council for Scientific Research
      2007 Research Paradigms on Teaching and Learning of Proof, Providence,USA
      2008 International Congress on Mathematical Education, (ICME) Mexico
      2009 Paradigms in Mathematical Education for the 21st Century, Valencia, Casa Asia & Spanish Higher Council for Scientific Research
      2010 ICMI Study on the Educational Interfaces between Mathematics and Industry (EIMI Study), Oct, Lisbon
      2010 Constructing and Collaborating through ICT, two examples, two perspectives, the 15th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics (ATCM 2010: http://atcm.mathandtech.org), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 17-21, 2010
      2011 Transforming Mathematics Learning with Digital Technologies March Bulgaria
  • Languages Spoken:
    • French (basic)
Professor Celia Hoyles

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  • Address:
  • Culture, Communication and Media
    Institute of Education
    University of London
    23-26 Emerald Street
    London WC1N 3QS

  • Office Location:
  • 2nd Floor
    23-26 Emerald Street, WC1N 3QS

Publications

  • Hoyles, C., Bakker, A., Kent, P. and Noss, R. (2007) 'Attributing meanings to representations of data: The case of statistical process control', Mathematical Thinking and Learning 9(4), 331-360.
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  • Noss, R. and Hoyles, C. (2009) 'The Technological Mediation of Mathematics and Its Learning', Human Development, (special issue: 'Giving Meaning to Mathematical Signs: Psychological, Pedagogical and Cultural Processes') Vol 52, No 2, April, 129-147.
    Further information
  • Hoyles. C. and Lagrange J-B. (eds) (2009) Mathematics Education and Technology- Rethinking the terrain. Dordrecht: Springer.
  • Hoyles, C. Noss, R., Kent,P. and Bakker, A. (2010) Improving Mathematics at Work: The need for techno-mathematical literacies . London: Routledge.
  • Kilpatrick, J., Hoyles, C., Skovsmose, O. (eds.) in collaboration with Valero, P. (2005) Meaning in Mathematics Education. New York: Springer.
  • Küchemann, D. and Hoyles, C. (2009) 'From empirical to structural reasoning in mathematics: tracking changes over time' In D.A. Stylianou, M.L. Blanton, and E.J. Knuth (eds), Teaching and Learning Proof Across the Grades K-16 Perspective. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Noss, R., Hoyles, C., Mavrikis, M., Geraniou, E., Gutierrez-Santos, S. and Pearce, D. (2009) 'Broadening the sense of 'dynamic': a microworld to support students' mathematical generalisation', The International Journal on Mathematics Education Issue 4, Special Issue, Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik, 493-503.
  • Hoyles, C. and Noss, R. (2008) 'Next Steps in Implementing Kaput's research Programme', Educational Studies in Mathematics 68(2), 85-94.
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  • Noss, R., Bakker, A., Hoyles, C., and Kent, P. (2007) 'Situating graphs as workplace knowledge', Educational Studies in Mathematics 65, 3, 367-384.
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  • Selected publications