Peps Mccrea

Senior Lecturer

contact:
Education
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9PH

Telephone: +44 (0)1273 641944

Email: P.J.Mccrea@brighton.ac.uk

Duties

• Route Leader, PGCE Secondary Mathematics

Biography

I currently lead the PGCE Secondary Mathematics route - the second biggest (and one of the best!) in the country, and teach on a wide variety of courses, including: PGCE, 2BA, KS2/3, SKE and MDPT. In addition I am undertaking an EdD in digital age education, and co-ordinate a technology & pedagogy interest group within the school of education (http://latte.kaffee.co.uk/).

My teaching and research is focussed on enabling people to teach mathematics in the digital age. I aim to encourage explorations of emerging (as well as traditional) technologies, pedagogies and practices. My thinking comes from both a design perspective (as a result of my MEng in Mechanical Engineering) and a practitioner perspective (MA Education). Before working at University I immensely enjoyed my role as Head of Mathematics and Lead Practitioner at several local schools. My early career was supported by programmes such as Fasttrack Teaching and Leadership Pathways.

In recent years I have led a variety of research projects (totalling over 30k) for the TDA and NCETM, and currently act as a National Curriculum advisor for the DfE. In November, I am presenting a paper on academic blogging at ECEL11 – for more information check out my blog http://learnerosity.com/.

Last year I was incredibly proud to receive a Highly Commended for Most Inspirational Tutor at the Student Union Excellence Awards.