Count On

Count On is a major mathematics education project in the United Kingdom which was announced by education secretary David Blunkett at the end of 2000. It was the follow-on to Maths Year 2000 which was the UK's contribution to UNICEF's World Mathematical Year.[1]

Count On had two main strands:

  • The website www.counton.org[2] which won the 2002 BETT prize for best free online learning resource.[3]
  • "MathFests", which were maths funfairs held around the country, aimed particularly at those who would not normally come into contact with mathematical ideas.[4]

Popularisation of Mathematics

Count On and Maths Year 2000 were some of the first big Popularisation of Mathematics projects. Others are listed below.

International
  • World Mathematical Year 2000
  • Statistics 2013
  • World Maths Day (orig. Australian) - next one is 6 March 2013

Australia

India

Ireland

Nigeria

Spain
  • Matematica Vital
  • Paul Boron

United Kingdom
  • Maths Year 2000 Scotland
  • Maths Cymru (Wales)

United States
  • Steven Strogatz's blog

References
  1. English pupils lag behind in maths, BBC News, 5 December 2000.
  2. "My Media: Kate Scarborough", The Guardian, 31 July 2006.
  3. "Deputy logs on to £100,000", Times Educational Supplement, 18 January 2002, archived from the original on 5 October 2012, retrieved 24 July 2011.
  4. "No doubt about it - we're addicted to maths", Times Educational Supplement, 19 January 2001, archived from the original on 5 October 2012, retrieved 24 July 2011.


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