'Numeracy: Historical, philosophical and educational perspectives'

A conference on 'Numeracy: Historical, philosophical and educational perspectives' will be held in Oxford on 16–18 December 2009 (lunchtime to lunchtime). Speakers will include Marcus Giaquinto, Stephen Laurence, Natasha Glaisyer, Jane Wess, Kathryn James, Snezana Lawrence, Terezinha Nunes, Tom Roper, and Jane Imrie. This conference seeks to bring together different approaches to numeracy, in order to share insights about what numeracy is, how we can recognise it (or its absence), how it relates to other cognitive capacities, and other fundamental questions concerning basic numerical abilities. It will also provide a forum for the discussion of detailed case studies from the different realms of history, philosophy, and education, which will, it is hoped, prove mutually stimulating and fruitful for new interactions between these fields.




The conference will be held at St Anne's College, Oxford, and is funded by All Souls College and the British Society for the History of Mathematics. All are welcome to attend. The cost will be £100, which will include two nights' B&B accommodation at St Anne's College, and attendance at the conference dinner on the 17th (a reduced rate of £50 will apply to students and to those who do not require overnight accommodation). Further information and a full programme are available at www.benjaminwardhaugh.co.uk/numeracy/



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Dr Benjamin Wardhaugh

All Souls College

Oxford OX1 4AL

benjamin.wardhaugh@all-souls.ox.ac.uk