We are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of our colleague and friend Christine Keitel-Kreidt, a leader in promoting mathematics education as an international research field. Most recently she was Professor emerita of Mathematics Education at the Freie University, Berlin, where she also served as Vice-President. Christine started as research fellow in the 1970s […]

Date/time: Monday 12 September, 1600-1700 Venue: Highfield campus, building 32/2097 Chair: Keith Jones Speaker: Associate Professor Naomichi Makinae, University of Tsukuba, Japan Title: History of Lesson Study in Japan Abstract: In recent years, Japanese lesson study has been attracting attention as a tool for professional development and it is practised in many countries. This seminar […]

Dr. Christian Bokhove delivered a session at researchEd maths and science at Oxford University on how skills and understanding in mathematics go hand in hand. More ideas around understanding, skills and knowledge @cbokhove #rEDmatsci pic.twitter.com/PlhgtXzkc6 — Ben Ward (@MrBenWard) June 11, 2016

The last session of our teacher professional development course for 2015-16  will take place on June 15th 2016 at Lifelab with Andri Christodoulou and Marcus Grace. This forms part of our activities with our Secondary Science PGCE teachers and it is part of the PARRISE project. In this session we will be joined by a group of pre-service science teachers from UCL-IOE […]

Develop your understanding of mathematics beyond GCSE by joining our StA (start A-level) maths course. Mathematics is pervasive in life and this course will give you the opportunity to study the subject further and improve your understanding of some of the ways mathematical content is developed beyond GCSE level. Who is the course for? This […]

Dr. Chris Downey and Dr. Christian Bokhove will present their paper ‘Mapping Changes in Support: A Longitudinal Analysis of Networks of Preservice Mathematics and Science Teachers’ at a symposium on the ‘Social side of teacher education’ at the AERA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, 8-12 April 2016. A summary of the paper can be found […]

ITV Meridian News visited Lifelab and talked to secondary school pupils taking part in our exciting teaching programme that aims to educate young people about how their lifestyle choices at an early age can drastically affect their health in the future and the health of their future children. The news story is part of the ITV Meridian’s […]