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Professor Susanne Prediger
Professor Susanne Prediger
Susanne Prediger is a full professor in Mathematics Education at TU Dortmund University, director of the DZLM research network (the German National Centre for Mathematics Teacher Education) at the IPN Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education and Editor-in-Chief for the international journal, Educational Studies in Mathematics. Her research interests include: Design and Research on Professional Development of Mathematics Teachers and Facilitators; Topic-specific Design Research in Mathematics Education for Secondary Schools and Teachers; Diversity in Classrooms, especially Language Diversity; Empirical Studies on Students' Conceptions in Arithmetic, Algebra, and Stochastics; and Networking of Theories in Mathematics Education Research.
Dr Niamh O' Meara
Dr Niamh O' Meara
Dr Niamh O’ Meara is a lecturer in mathematics education and deputy director of EPISTEM, the National Centre for STEM Education in Ireland. Niamh completed her PhD in 2011, under the supervision of Prof. John O’Donoghue and Dr Olivia Fitzmaurice. As part of this thesis she investigated the knowledge required to teach mathematics at second level. She continues to research this issue of teacher knowledge today whilst her other research interests include curricular issues in mathematics education, improving attitudes and performance in mathematics and numeracy education. She is currently engaged in a number of research projects in these areas with colleagues from Ireland, Australia, Holland and Spain, and is the project lead for Career Mathways, an online suite of teaching and learning resources promoting careers in STEM.
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