Grace Alele-Williams

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Grace Alele-Williams (born December 16, 1932 in Warri in the state of Delta , Nigeria ) is a Nigerian mathematician and university professor . She is the first Nigerian woman to graduate and was the first female vice chancellor of an African university.

life and work

Alele-Williams attended Government School in Warri and Queen's College in Lagos . She graduated from the University of Ibadan and received a Masters in Mathematics from Queen's School Ede in Osun State , Nigeria in 1957 . At the University of Vermont , Burlington , she received a Masters in Education in 1959 . In 1963 she received her doctorate in mathematics education from the University of Chicago , USA . Her interest in math classes was originally sparked by her stay in the United States. She worked with the African Mathematics Program in Newton , Massachusetts , under the direction of MIT professor Ted Martins , and attended math workshops in various African cities from 1963 to 1975. From 1965 to 1985 she taught at the University of Lagos and for a decade directed the Institute of Education, which introduced innovative non-degree programs. From 1985 to 1991 she was Vice Chancellor of the Nigerian University of Benin . She then joined the Board of Directors of Chevron-Texaco Nigeria. For a decade she was an advisor to UNESCO and the Institute for International Educational Planning. From 1973 to 1979 she was also Chair of the Lagos State Curriculum Review Committee. In 1963 she married the political scientist Professor Babatunde Williams, with whom she had five children.

Awards

  • 1954: Honors Degree in Mathematics from the University of London
  • 1959: Graduate Fellowship Award, University of Chicago , Illinois.
  • 1987: Order of Niger
  • Fellow of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria
  • Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Education
  • Merit Award Winner of the State of Bendel in Nigeria
  • Regional Vice President for Africa of the Third World Organization for Women in Science (Science in Africa: Women Leading from Strength AAAS, Washington, 1993)
  • Chairwoman of AMUCWMA, African Mathematical Union Commission for Women in Mathematics

Publications (selection)

  • 1971: Report: The Entebbe Mathematics Project, International Review of Education.
  • 1974: Dynamics of Curriculum Change in Mathematics - Lagos State Modern Mathematics Project, West African Journal of Education
  • 1976: The Development of Modern Mathematics Curriculum in Africa, The Arithmetic Teacher.
  • 1986: Education of Women for National Development, Cite journal requires
  • Education and Government in Northern Nigeria.
  • Education and Status of Nigerian Women.
  • Science, Technology and Mathematics (STM) Education for all, Including Women and Girls in African.
  • Major Constraints to Women's Access to Higher Education in Africa.
  • The Politics of Administering a Nigerian University.
  • Numerical Methods for Initial Value Problems in Ordinary Differential Equations.
  • The Political Dilemma of Popular Education: An African Case.

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personal data
SURNAME Alele-Williams, Grace
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian mathematician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Warri , Delta , Nigeria