Practitioner Research in Mathematics Education
The aim of this PRiME event is to build the capacity of practitioner researchers through engagement with the wider research community. This aim will be achieved by: Providing an opportunity...
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Alice Hehir, Mrs
Affiliated Lecturer at Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
Alice Hehir teaches on the Early Primary and General Primary PGCE course at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. Her main subject area is maths alongside teaching religious education (R.E.) and professional studies. She supports students with their subject knowledge development, particularly in maths.
Alice recently gained an MPhil in Primary Education, which had a focus on curriculum development in maths. Her research project was on teachers’ attitudes towards maths schemes of work.
Alice currently supervises masters students undertaking the MEd in Primary Education.
Prior to work in Initial Teacher Education, she was a teacher in several primary schools. She mainly led the subject of maths within the school but also held other curriculum leadership positions such as R.E.
Alice has close links with the Cambridge Maths Hub which involves sitting on its strategic board. Alice is a member of the Association for Mathematics in Education (AMiE).
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