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Amy O'Brien

Ms Amy O'Brien

Lecturer in Mathematics Education

Research interests

  • Mathematics

Biography

Amy is a lecturer in mathematics education on the AEP route, teaching on the PGCE, MA STEM Education and MA Education programmes, and module lead on the STEM Education placement module. Amy also supervises dissertations on the MA Education programme. Before coming to KCL, she was head of mathematics in an all-girls' independent school and a mathematics teacher.

Research interests

  • Policy discourse analysis
  • Numeracy across the curriculum in England
  • Use of R in education research
  • Quantitative methods in education research

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
  • Module lead for STEM Education Placement Module
  • Quantitative Methods in Education Research
  • Research Methods in Education
  • Research and Dissertation
  • MA Education Dissertation supervisor

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