When was grace alele-williams born

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place: Nigeria

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Biography of prof grace alele williams Grace Alele-Williams OON, FMAN, FNAE (16 December – 25 March ) was a Nigerian professor of mathematics education, [1] [2] who made history as the first Nigerian woman to receive a doctorate, [3] [4] and the first Nigerian female vice-chancellor at the University of Benin.

Mathematics Education () University of Chicago
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Grace Alele Williams received her education at Queens College in Lagos, University College at Ibadan, and the University of Vermont, before receiving a Ph.D. in mathematics education from the University of Chicago in She made history as the first Nigerian woman to be awarded a doctorate. She returned to Nigeria for a couple of years' postdoctoral work at the University of Ibadan before joining the faculty of the University of Lagos in

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Williams' ongoing interest in mathematics education was originally sparked by her stay in the US, which coincided with the Sputnik phenomenon. Working with the African Mathematics Program in Newton, Massachusetts, under the leadership of MIT professor Ted Martins, she participated in mathematics workshops held in various African cities from to Highlights included writing texts and correspondence courses covering basic concepts in mathematics, working in concert with leading mathematicians and educators.

She taught at the University of Lagos from to , and spent a decade directing the Institute of Education, which introduced innovative non degree programmes, with many of the certificate recipients older women working as elementary school teachers.

Appointed the first female Vice Chancellor of a Nigerian university in , Professor Williams believes her appointment at the University of Benin, which ended in , was a test case to demonstrate a women's executive capability.

Biography of prof grace alele williams children Professor Grace Alele-Williams, first female professor of Mathematics and first female Vice Chancellor in Nigeria, received deafening applause as she walked with the aid of crutches to the podium to receive her Centenary Award this evening (Friday, 28 February ) in Abuja. Guests were excited as her name rang in the auditorium - and she was.

She is now Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Lagos. Among her honors are those of Fellow of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria and of the Nigerian Academy of Education; Merit Award Winner of Bendel State in Nigeria; and Regional Vice President for Africa of the Third World Organization for Women in Science" (Science in Africa: Women Leading from Strength AAAS, Washington, , p).

It may be added that Professor Williams is also the Chairwoman of AMUCWMA, the African Mathematical Union Commission for Women in Mathematics.

DR. Grace Alele Williams is also a Vice President and member of the Executive board of The Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS).

Among Williams' papers related to the African Mathematics Program are the following:

The Entebbe Mathematics Project, in: International Review of education, UNESCO, Hamburg, 17, No.

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Dynamics of curriculum change in mathematics: Lagos State Mathematics Project, in: West African Journal of Education, 18, No. 2, ,

The development of a modern mathematics curriculum in Africa, in: Arithmetic Teacher, No. 4, ,

Reference: [AMUCHMA12]