Engaging Mathematics

These booklets from the the Mathematics Centre at the University of Chichester have been developed primarily for teachers of students in the 16-19 age range with the support of projects and working groups such as the Training Agency funded Flexible Learning Approaches in the Sixth Form Mathematics Project and TEAM (Teachers Evaluating and Assessing Mathematics). " As we engage in mathematics, it is easy to forget how that engagement was formed."

The booklets focus on questions related to this engagement:

• What initiated it ?
• Why did we choose to pursue it ?
• How have we sustained it?
• Where did all the mathematics come from?

Each booklet sets out to highlight key issues which readers can work at in order to enhance their appreciation of what mathematics means to them. Throughout the booklets are mathematical tasks and problems carefully chosen to exemplify particular points and which also offer activities for personal engagement or for use in the classroom with students.