An Experiment in Teaching Elementary Ideas of Vectors

Abstract

For a long time schools have been finding it difficult to appoint sufficient numbers of teachers of mathematics of the quality they would like. Qualifications of the teachers of arts subjects in a school are usually a good deal higher than those teaching sciences or mathematics. At the same time a revolution in the syllabus is taking place, and although the ‘Modern’ Syllabus is being encouraged there are very few competent teachers of it available.

In many schools the choice of a new textbook is handicapped by a lack of knowledge. This project, under the auspices of CAMET, is an attempt to provide a remedy.