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Celia Hoyles

Celia Hoyles

British mathematician

Dame Celia Mary Hoyles, DBE, FAcSS, FIMA (née French; born 18 May 1946) is a British mathematician, educationalist[3][4][5] and Professor of Mathematics Education at University College London (UCL), in the Institute of Education (IoE).[6][7][8]

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Early life and education

Celia was born on 18 May 1946.[1][2] She was educated at the University of Manchester where she graduated with a first class degree in mathematics from the Department of Mathematics in 1967.[1] She subsequently completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in 1971, and a Master of Education degree (MEd) in 1973.[1] She completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1980, with a thesis titled "Factors in school learning - the pupils' view: a study with particular reference to mathematics".[9] All her degrees are from the University of London.[1]

Career and research

Hoyles began her career as a secondary school teacher,[1] later becoming an academic. In the late 1980s she was co-presenter of Fun and Games, a prime time television quiz show about mathematics.[10] With Arthur Bakker, Phillip Kent, and Richard B. Noss she is the co-author of Improving Mathematics at Work: The Need for Techno-Mathematical Literacies.[11][12]

Hoyles served as president of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) from 2014 to 2015.[13][14] She served as chief adviser for mathematics to the government of the United Kingdom from 2004 to 2007 and as director of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) from 2007 to 2013.[4][15][16]

Awards and honours

In the 2004 New Year Honours, Hoyles was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 'for services to education'.[17] In the 2014 New Year Honours, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in recognition of her service as director of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics.[14][18][19] She was[when?] elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).[20]

In 2003, she was awarded the first Hans Freudenthal Medal by the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) in recognition of 'the outstanding contribution that [she] has made to research in the domain of technology and mathematics education'.[21] In 2010, she was awarded the first Kavli Education Medal by the Royal Society 'in recognition of her outstanding contribution to research in mathematics education'.[22][10]

Hoyles has honorary degrees from the Open University (2006), Loughborough University (2008), Sheffield Hallam University (2011)[23] and University of Bath (2019).[24][10]

Personal life

Her first marriage was to Martin Hoyles: their marriage ended in divorce.[25] In 1996, she married Richard Noss, Professor of Mathematics Education at University College London.[25][26] Her second marriage brought two step children.[25]

References

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    Anon (2017). "Hoyles, Dame Celia (Mary), (Dame Celia Noss)". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U246618. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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    O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Celia Hoyles", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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    Celia Hoyles publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
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    "Celia Mary HOYLES: People of Today". debretts.com. Debrett's. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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    Noss, Richard; Hoyles, Celia (1996). Windows on Mathematical Meanings: Learning Cultures and Computers. Springer. ISBN 9789400916968.
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    "Professor Celia Hoyles". ioe.ac.uk. Institute of Education, University of London. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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    Sentance, Sue (2020). "Mathematics and programming: exploring the links". raspberrypi.org. Raspberry Pi Foundation.
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    Noss, Richard; Hoyles, Celia (1996). "Cultures and Change". Windows on Mathematical Meanings. pp. 156–183. doi:10.1007/978-94-009-1696-8_7. ISBN 978-0-7923-4074-4.
  9. [9]
    Hoyles, Celia Mary (1980). Factors in school learning - the pupils' view: a study with particular reference to mathematics. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). King's College London (University of London). OCLC 869750930. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.258303.
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    "The Royal Society Awards Celia Hoyles First Kavli Education Medal". The Kavli Foundation. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
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    Improving Mathematics at Work: The Need for Techno-Mathematical Literacies. Routledge. 2010. ISBN 9780415480086.
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    Gainsburg, Julie (2011). "Review of Improving Mathematics at Work: The Need for Techno-Mathematical Literacies". Educational Studies in Mathematics. 76 (1): 117–122. doi:10.1007/s10649-010-9266-1. hdl:10211.2/1782. JSTOR 41486156. S2CID 119778716.
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    "Council". Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
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    "Two Dames for Mathematics". lms.ac.uk. London Mathematical Society. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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    "Programming and mathematics: insights from research in England Professor Dame Celia Hoyles". youtube.com.
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    "Richard Noss and Celia Hoyles on Seymour Papert". youtube.com.
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    "No. 57115". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2003. pp. 9–11.
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    "No. 60728". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 7.
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    "The New Year Honours List 2014 – Higher Awards" (PDF). Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  20. [20]
    "Fellows: H". acss.org.uk. Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  21. [21]
    "The Hans Freudenthal Medal for 2003". Past Recipients. International Commission on Mathematical Instruction. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  22. [22]
    "Kavli Education Medal". royalsociety.org. Royal Society. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  23. [23]
    "Honorary awards archive". Sheffield Hallam University. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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    "Professor Dame Celia Hoyles DBE, OBE, PhD, FIMA: oration". www.bath.ac.uk.
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    "Hoyles, Dame Celia (Mary), (Dame Celia Noss), (born 18 May 1946), Professor of Mathematics Education, Institute of Education, University College London (formerly Institute of Education, University of London), since 1984". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U246618. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
  26. [26]
    "Prof Richard Noss". Institutional Research Information Service. University College London. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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