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Amy O'Brien

Ms Amy O'Brien

Teaching Fellow in Mathematics Education

Research interests

  • Mathematics

Biography

Amy has been a teaching fellow in mathematics education since January 2017 and teaches on undergraduate, PGCE and master's level modules.

Prior to joining King’s College London she worked as a classroom teacher for seven years teaching mathematics in secondary schools. Amy spent two years as head of department and two years as head of year.

She also has experience in consultancy, authoring, and as a voluntary governor for a secondary school. 

Research interests

  • Quantitative skills and numeracy across the English National Curriculum
  • Critical discourse analysis using Foucauldian methodologies
  • Technology-enhanced learning in mathematics
  • Mathematics anxiety and self-regulated learning
  • Workload and retention of teachers

Teaching

Amy's role at King’s College London consists of teaching on PGCE and MA modular programmes as well as involvement in other teacher training programmes offered at the university. The modules she teaches on are:

  • PGCE Mathematics - subject studies
  • PGCE - S3P
  • UG Mathematics and Physics - Undergraduate Ambassador Scheme
  • MA Education - Academic Study Skills
  • MA Education - Recent developments in Mathematics Education
  • MA Education - Improving Teaching and Learning
  • MA Education- Dissertation

Research

CRESTEM PGCE outside
Centre for Research in Education in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (CRESTEM)

Centre for Research in Education in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (CRESTEM)

News

Uncovering new educational trends as students use real-world data to learn about statistics

Brand new data from an international survey of teenagers is being used by students studying quantitative methods in educational research in the School of...

Image of the Quantitative Methods Education Research online book

Features

Decolonising mathematics, a case for their aestheticising

The Centre for Research in Education in STEM (CRESTEM) hosted Dr Nathalie Sinclair on 26 April 2022 for its 2022 Keynote Lecture, which she delivered on the...

Blocks of elemental table - by david-ballew-1903x558

Research

CRESTEM PGCE outside
Centre for Research in Education in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (CRESTEM)

Centre for Research in Education in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (CRESTEM)

News

Uncovering new educational trends as students use real-world data to learn about statistics

Brand new data from an international survey of teenagers is being used by students studying quantitative methods in educational research in the School of...

Image of the Quantitative Methods Education Research online book

Features

Decolonising mathematics, a case for their aestheticising

The Centre for Research in Education in STEM (CRESTEM) hosted Dr Nathalie Sinclair on 26 April 2022 for its 2022 Keynote Lecture, which she delivered on the...

Blocks of elemental table - by david-ballew-1903x558