Catherine Lynne McClure OBE (born 1952) is a British mathematics educator. In 2014 she was appointed as director of Cambridge Mathematics, a program at the University of Cambridge that spans the university's mathematics and education faculties, Cambridge Assessment, and the Cambridge University Press, and is aimed at developing a flexible tool to inform new mathematics curricula for primary and secondary mathematics education.In 2023 she took on the role of Head of Mathematics Solutions within the Cambridge Partnership for Education, at Cambridge University. [1]

Education and career

McClure was born in 1952.[2] She has a degree from University College London and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Oxford, and master's degrees from both the Open University and the University of Cambridge. After working as a primary and secondary mathematics teacher, she became principal lecturer in education at Oxford Brookes University and then at the University of Edinburgh. At Cambridge, she directed the NRICH and Underground Maths Projects before being appointed to direct Cambridge Mathematics.[1]

McClure was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to education.[3]

Service

McClure was president of the Mathematical Association for 2014–2015,[4] and executive chair of the International Society for Design and Development in Education for 2017–2019.[5] She has served twice on the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education at the Royal Society and currently sits on the RS Mathematics Futures Board.[1] She is chair of governors of the recently opened Cambridge Maths School, chairs the Strategic Board of the Cambridgeshire Maths Hub and is a trustee of National Numeracy, the Academy for the Mathematical Sciences, MathsWorldUK and Cambridge Philharmonic. She is a parish councillor in Bourn, Cambs.[6]

Publications

  • Meeting the needs of your most able pupils : mathematics, 2006
  • Maths problem solving, 2008

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lynne McClure appointed, Cambridge Assessment, retrieved 2018-10-06
  2. ↑ "McClure, Lynne, 1952-". VIAF. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N13.
  4. ↑ 2015 Presidential Address (PDF), Mathematical Association, retrieved 2018-10-06
  5. ↑ Lynne McClure becomes ISDDE Chair, International Society for Design and Development in Education, retrieved 2018-10-06
  6. ↑ Meet the trustees, National Numeracy, retrieved 2018-10-06
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