My recent research interests are in mathematics education and in particular in:

1. Mathematical Identity - work with Patricia Eaton, Stranmillis University College (see *, below, for conference links)

2. History and Pedagogy of Mathematics (HPM)

3. Japanese Lesson Study applied to teaching at third level

4. The use of dynamic geometry software in teaching matematics

Much of my work is in the context of the Centre for the Advancement of mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning CASTeL.

Other areas of interest include:

Papers & lectures (by date, since 2000):

1. The Art of Maths 10/11
2. Looking back to look forward: The mathematical identity of prospective mathematics teachers 09/11
3. Nature and Nurture: An analysis of mathematical identity of distinct cohorts of prospective teachers 08/11
4. Mathematical Borders? Comparing student teachers’ mathematical identity in Ireland North and South 07/11
5. History in Mathematics Education 05/11
6. The application of lesson study across mathematics and mathematics education departments in an Irish third-level institution 03/11
7. Using students' journals to explore their affective engagement in a module on the history of mathematics 02/11
8. “Bringing alive the spirit of Human Rights”: Irish teachers' understanding of and disposition towards human rights and human rights education 11/10
9. Learning from Engagement in Cross-disciplinary Lesson Study 10/10
10. What is mathematics and why do we study it? The views of student teachers 08/10*
11. History and Pedagogy of Mathematics – a personal journey in an international context 06/10 refs
12. A cross-border comparison of student teachers' identities relating to mathematics 05/10*
13. Confluence of diverse elements in teaching an undergraduate course in the History of Mathematics 03/10 BSHM/MSOR
14. Who am I and how did I get here? Exploring the Mathematical Identity of Student Teachers 09/09*
15. Exploring mathematical identity as a tool for self-reflection amongst pre-service primary school teachers: “I think you have to be able to explain something in about 100 different ways” 09/09*
16. What other people think and why it matters? An investigation of key influences on mathematical identity 08/09* & p103
17. Rediscovering geometry in university using GeoGebra 07/09 conference Wiki
18. A complex thing made simple with GeoGebra 05/09
19. Geometry – a simple or a complex thing? 03/09 abstract
20. Early medieval insular mathematics – not just the computus! 07/08 illustrations
21. Was there mathematics in early medieval Ireland? 02/08
22. Clonmelsh en Wiskunde 04/07
23. Irish Mathematical Society in Gazette des Mathématiciens 10/06
24. IMS President's report for 2006 09/06
25. IMS President's report for 2005 12/05
26. A Shishkin mesh for a singularly perturbed Riccati equation 06/05
27. A snapshot of mathematics policy in Ireland – imagining the movie! 05/05
28. The Sun, the Moon and Easter in the Primary Classroom 03/05
29. A Shishkin mesh for a singularly perturbed Riccati equation 07/04
30. There’s more to weighted averages than you may think! 06/04
31. Believing in Action: The first thirty years of Concern 1969-1998 10/03
32. Meeting the need? - The challenge of service provision in a multicultural context in Dundalk 06/03
33. Whither Applied Maths at Leaving Certificate 04/02
34. Mathematics from Junior Infants to Junior Freshman 09/01
35. Clonmelsh and mathematics 11/00
36. Mathematics and culture - a vital symbiosis 03/00
37. Mathematics and cultures in transition 02/00

page updated: 03 February 2012