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| name = Dame Celia Hoyles

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| caption = Professor Dame Celia Hoyles at St Pancras Station, London in 2016

| birth_name = Celia Mary NossFrench<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | author=Anon| surname title= Hoyles, |Dame othernamesCelia =(Mary), (Dame Celia (MaryNoss) | id = U246618 | year = 2017 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U246618 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}} </ref>

| birth_date = {{birth date and age |df=yes|1946|05|18}}<ref name=mactutor/>

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| fields = {{hlist| [[Mathematics education]]<br> | [[Science policy|Mathematics policy]]<br> | [[Applied mathematics]]<ref name=gs>{{Google scholar id}}</ref>}}

| alma_mater = {{ubl | [[University of Manchester]] (BSc)<br> | [[University of London]] (PGCE, MEd, PhD) }}

| awards = {{ubl | [[Kavli Medal]] (2010)<br> | [[Hans Freudenthal Medal]] (2003) }}

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Celia was born on 18 May 1946.<ref name=whoswho/><ref name=mactutor>{{MacTutor|id=Hoyles|title=Celia Hoyles}}</ref> She was educated at the [[University of Manchester]] where she graduated with a first class degree in mathematics from the [[Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester|Department of Mathematics]] in 1967.<ref name=whoswho/> She subsequently completed a [[Postgraduate Certificate in Education]] (PGCE) in 1971;, and a [[Master of Education]] degree (MEd) in 1973.<ref name=whoswho/> andShe completed a [[PhDDoctor of Philosophy]] (PhD) degree in 1980, with a thesis titled "Factors in school learning - the pupils' view: a study with particular reference to mathematics".<ref name=cphd>{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=King's College London (University of London)|url=https://catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/record=b3011363|title=Factors in school learning - the pupils' view : a study with particular reference to mathematics|first= Celia Mary|last=Hoyles|date=1980|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.258303}}|website=london.ac.uk|oclc=869750930}}</ref> allAll her degrees are from the [[University of London]].<ref name=whoswho/>

Hoyles began her career as a schoolteacher[[secondary school]] teacher,<ref name=whoswho/> later becoming an academic. In the late 1980s she was co-presenter of ''Fun and Games'', a [[prime time]] television [[quiz show]] about mathematics.<ref name=kav/>

With Arthur Bakker, Phillip Kent, and Richard B. Noss she is the co-author of ''Improving Mathematics at Work: The Need for Techno-Mathematical Literacies''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Improving Mathematics at Work: The Need for Techno-Mathematical Literacies|isbn=9780415480086|year=2010|publisher=Routledge}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Review of ''Improving Mathematics at Work: The Need for Techno-Mathematical Literacies''|first=Julie|last=Gainsburg|journal=Educational Studies in Mathematics|volume=76|issue=1|date=January 2011|pages=117–122|jstor=41486156|doi=10.1007/s10649-010-9266-1|hdl=10211.2/1782|s2cid=119778716|hdl-access=free}}</ref>

Hoyles served as president of the [[Institute of Mathematics and its Applications]] for(IMA) from 2014 to 2014–20152015.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ima.org.uk/about_us/governance/council.cfm.html | title=Council | publisher=[[Institute of Mathematics and its Applications]] | accessdateaccess-date=2014-05-31}}</ref><ref name="LMS - Two Dames for Mathematics">{{cite web|title=Two Dames for Mathematics|url=http://www.lms.ac.uk/news-entry/16012014-1239/two-dames-mathematics|workwebsite=Newslms.ac.uk|publisher=[[London Mathematical Society]]|accessdateaccess-date=29 May 2014}}</ref> She served as Governmentchief Chief Adviseradviser for Mathematicsmathematics to the [[government of the United Kingdom]] from 2004 to 2007 and as Directordirector of the [[National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics]] (NCETM) from 2007 to 2013.<ref name="bio - Debrett's" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Programming and mathematics: insights from research in England Professor Dame Celia Hoyles|website=youtube.com|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzJCyQKAzU}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrYekbT6X8w|title=Richard Noss and Celia Hoyles on Seymour Papert|website=youtube.com}}</ref>

=== Awards and honours= ==

In the [[2004 New Year Honours]], Hoyles was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) 'for services to education'.<ref name="LG 31 December 2003">{{London Gazette |issue=57115 |date=31 December 2003 |pages=9–11 |supp=y }}</ref> In the [[2014 New Year Honours]], she was appointed [[Dame Commander]] of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in recognition of her service as Directordirector of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics.<ref name="LMS - Two Dames for Mathematics"/><ref name="LG 31 December 2013">{{London Gazette |issue=60728 |date=31 December 2013 |page=7 |supp=y }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The New Year Honours List 2014 – Higher Awards|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/268845/New_Year_Honours_2014_notes_on_higher_awards.pdf|format=pdf|accessdateaccess-date=29 May 2014}}</ref> She haswas{{when|date=June been2020}} elected a [[Fellow]] of the [[Academy of Social Sciences]] (FAcSS).<ref>{{cite web|title=Fellows: H|url=https://acss.org.uk/fellows/#H|website=acss.org.uk|publisher=[[Academy of Social Sciences]]|accessdateaccess-date=27 September 2015}}</ref>

In 2003, she was awarded the first [[Hans Freudenthal Medal]] by the [[International Commission on Mathematical Instruction]] (ICMI) in recognition of 'the outstanding contribution that [she] has made to research in the domain of technology and mathematics education'.<ref name="award - ICMI">{{cite web|title=The Hans Freudenthal Medal for 2003|url=http://www.mathunion.org/icmi/activities/awards/past-recipients/the-hans-freudenthal-medal-for-2003/|work=Past Recipients|publisher=International Commission on Mathematical Instruction|accessdateaccess-date=29 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529142042/http://www.mathunion.org/icmi/activities/awards/past-recipients/the-hans-freudenthal-medal-for-2003/|archive-date=29 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, she was awarded the first [[Kavli Education Medal]] by the [[Royal Society]] 'in recognition of her outstanding contribution to research in mathematics education'.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kavli Education Medal|url=https://royalsociety.org/awards/kavli-education-medal/|publisher=Royal Society|accessdatewebsite=royalsociety.org|access-date=29 May 2014}}</ref><ref name=kav>{{cite web | url=http://www.kavlifoundation.org/kavli-news/royal-society-awartds-celia-hoyles-first-kavli-education-medal | title=The Royal Society Awards Celia Hoyles First Kavli Education Medal | publisher=The Kavli Foundation | date=22 September 2010 | accessdateaccess-date=2014-05-31 }}</ref>

Hoyles has [[honorary doctoratesdegree]]s from the [[Open University]] (2006), [[Loughborough University]] (2008), and [[Sheffield Hallam University]] (2011).<ref name=kav/><ref name ="award - HON">{{cite web|title=Honorary awards archive|url=https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/honorary-awards/honorary-awards-archive|publisher=Sheffield Hallam University|accessdateaccess-date=11 MarMarch 2019}}</ref> and [[University of Bath]] (2019).<ref name=bath>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/professor-dame-celia-hoyles-dbe-obe-phd-fima-oration/|title=Professor Dame Celia Hoyles DBE, OBE, PhD, FIMA: oration|website=www.bath.ac.uk}}</ref><ref name=kav/>

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