Failures and Reform in Mathematics Education [electronic resource] : The Case of Engineering. National Institute Briefing Note No. 5 / Alison Wolf.

The structure of education for 16- to 18-year-olds in Great Britain discourages them from making mathematics, science, and engineering serious options for future study. The emerging structure of the labor market, in which a large proportion of high-status jobs do not require higher mathematics, incr...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Wolf, Alison
Corporate Author:	National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1994.
Subjects:	Academic Achievement. Educational Change. Engineering Education. Foreign Countries. Higher Education. Mathematics Education. Standards. Vocational Education.