Alison Clark-Wilson

Contact Details

Telephone: - 01243 812078

Location:- The Mathematics Centre, Arran House, Bognor Regis Campus

Role

Alison is The Mathematics Centre's Head of Research and Consultancy and the MA (Mathematics Education) Programme Coordinator.

Experience

Alison originally qualified as a Chemical Engineer before entering secondary mathematics teaching. She moved on to become a Head of Department before being awarded Advanced Skills Teacher status in 1999, one of the first ASTs for mathematics in the country. Alison joined the Mathematics Centre at the University of Chichester in 2001 as Centre coordinator and, in this period has worked on major curriculum and teacher development projects for both the DCFS and industry such as the Practical Support Pack (DfES 2005), RM Maths Alive! (2002). Alison is a co-author of the internationally renowned BETT award winning software The Mathematical Toolkit (Intel 2002).

Interests

Alison’s research and scholarly activity focuses on all areas of mathematics teacher’s professional development, often, but not exclusively involving technological tools. She is the chair of the Mathematical Association’s Professional Development Committee. Alison is currently directing several research projects which include the TI-Nspire UK evaluation project for Texas Instruments and Maximising the M in STEM on behalf of the National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics.

Publications

Clark-Wilson, A., (2008), Evaluating TI-Nspire in secondary mathematics classrooms.  Chichester, UK: University of Chichester.  ISBN 978-0-948765-47-6. PDF Download of Report.

Clark-Jeavons, A (2006) New tools for mathematical learning: Dynamic number lines, in International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education.Vol. 13 No. 2 pp. 97-101. Plymouth: University of Plymouth.

Clark-Jeavons, A. (2005) Exciting ICT in Mathematics, Stafford: NetworkEducational Press.

Ahmed, A., Clark-Jeavons, A. and Oldknow, A. (2004) How can teaching tools improve the quality of mathematics education?, in Educational Studies in Mathematics Vol. 56 pp. 313-328: Dordrecht:Kluwer.

Clark-Jeavons, A. (2004) Developing the use of the interactive whiteboard in the secondary mathematics classroom, in Johnston- Wilder,S and Pimm, D (Eds.) Teaching secondary mathematics with ICT, Berkshire: Open University Press