BSc (Hons), PGCE, PhD
Lecturer
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- Email Address
- h.martin@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 274769
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- School/Department
- School of Education
Biography
Helen Martin is a Lecturer in Mathematics Education where she specialises in developing pedagogical design capacity and supporting professionally informed ethical decision-making. Her research and teaching are based on the design principles ‘valuing diversity, developing flexibility and making connections’ with an emphasis on how others make sense of doing mathematics, becoming and being mathematicians within a community. Helen has led collaborative projects across universities around E-Formative Assessment, online study sessions for primary pre-service teachers and Multiplicative and Algebraic Reasoning across Scottish schools as well as continuing to work at a National level with the Scottish Government, Scottish Mathematical Council, Edinburgh Mathematical Society and the Joint Mathematical Council of the UK.
An important part of encouraging more young people to recognise themselves as mathematicians involves supporting enrichment opportunities for children and young people including the Royal Institution Maths Masterclasses from way back as a tutor with Prof. Edward Patterson, Stem in the Pipeline, UKMT Team Maths challenges, Scottish Maths Challenge (now in its 50th year) and the Primary Enterprising Maths Challenge (nearing it's 25th anniversary) started here in Aberdeen with events now running across Scotland.
She is also the Editor-in-Chief of the international open access Education in the North journal (now in its 60th year) which supports researchers at every stage of their careers across the Arctic and beyond where she works closely with UArctic Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education thematic network and The Centre for the North. The design principles 'valuing diversity, developing flexibility and making connections' are now used alongside the extensive editorial expertise to support early career researchers as programme director of the MEd Professional Education, EdD course coordinator and REF impact lead.
Qualifications
- PhD Mathematics Education2014 - University of Aberdeen
- PGCE Secondary Mathematics1990 - University of Edinburgh
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics1989 - University of St Andrews
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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University Court elected member Nov 2020 - present
Finance and Resource Committee (FRC) Sept 2023 - present
Govenance and Nominations Committee (GNN) Feb 2021 - Sept 2023
Leadership & Governance workstream (ACS) Feb 2026 - present
Senate elected member Oct 2017 - Sept 2020
Senate Business Committee (SBC) member Sept 2018 - Sept 2020
Senate Effectiveness Review group elected member 2019/20, 2020/21
UOA Ref Impact Leads School REF Impact Lead Sept 2024 - present
School Research Committee Sept 2021- present
School EDI Committee Chair (Feb 2023 - Oct 2025); member 2023 - present
Education in the North Chair and Editor-in-chief May 2020 - Present; Book Review Editor 2015-2020
The Centre for the North board member
- External Memberships
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Edinburgh Mathematical Society, Joint Chair of the Education Committee and member of Council, Sept 25 - present
Joint Mathematical Council of the UK, member Apr 2026 - present
British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics (BSRLM) member of Higher Education Mathematics Group
PRIMES: Pedagogy and Practice in Mathematics Education Scotland Member
Scottish Mathematical Challenge (MC) Committee
Scottish Mathematical Council (SMC) Member Sept 2015- 2018 and trustee Nov 2016 - Sept 2018
Education Scotland member of Curriculum Improvement Cycle Mathematics Collaboration Group and National Numeracy Network
UArctic Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education Arctic Futures
New Northern Pedagogies Group Sept 23 - present
Prizes and Awards
Senior Fellow, Advance HE (formerly HEA) 2021
First Scottish Academic journal to gain the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) seal 2021
- Research
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Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Education.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Current Research
Assessment in Higher Education Mathematics
Learning and Teaching Mathematics in Higher Education
How choice might be actualised within classrooms
Collaborations
UK Prosperity Funded ‘Multiply’ project with Aberdeen City Council
UK Prosperity Funded ‘Multiply’ project with Aberdeenshire Council
Dyscalculia Working Group with Aberdeen City Council
Supervision
My current supervision areas are: Education.
Current supervisions
PhD: Transitions from Secondary to Post-Secondary Mathematics in Malta
EdD: Ethical Leadership
Previous supervisions
PhD: Teaching mathematics with Saudi Arabian English Language Learners
PhD: Vulnerable young people in Scotland: tacking food and health inequalities
Funding and Grants
New Northern Pedagogies Group (NNPG): Co-PI funded by Scottish Government Arctic Connections (£7795) with co-investigators from Universities of Strathclyde, Edinburgh, Highlands & Islands, and Lapland.
Improving Children’s Mathematical Reasoning (ICMR): Principal Investigator funded by The Carnegie Trust Larger Collaborative Grant (£40000) with co-investigators from Universities of Glasgow and King’s College London alongside Education Scotland and Scottish Government.
Online Mathematics Assessment for Primary Teachers (MAPT): Principal Investigator funded by Education Scotland (£12000) with co-investigators from Universities of Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow alongside Education Scotland and HMIE.
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 1 , October start
Course Coordinator
- Postgraduate, 1 , January start
Programme Director
- Postgraduate, 1 year, August start
- Subject selector (Mathematics)
- Curricular tutor (Mathematics)
- School experience visiting tutor
- Undergraduate, 4 year, September start
Courses
- Master Project/Dissertation (ED506A)
- Master Project/Dissertation (ED556A)
Teaching Responsibilities
Current Teaching
Programme Director
Masters in Professional Education
Course Coordinator
ED6002 EdD Identifying and Articulating Issues in Professional Practice
ED506A(2025-26): Master Project/Dissertation
ED556A(2025-26): Master Project/Dissertation
PGDE(S) Mathematics Education
ED1008 Radical Reconstructions of Mathematics
- Publications
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Design and pedagogical practices of an Inuit-focused Bachelor of Education program in Labrador
Education in the North, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 155-174Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDigital professional learning: triggers in an online badge-driven process
Education in the North, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 64-86Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDigital Tools for Structure in a Mainstream Class
Education in the North, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 320-337Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFocus on Participation: What Can We Learn from Student Teachers Participation in Curriculum Design and Implementation? A Case Study
Education in the North, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 23-44Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMasters Students’ Perceptions of Distance and Transport Options
Education in the North, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 87-107Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPathfinders or Explorers: Student teachers’ ways of handling the challenges of classroom management in a simulation
Education in the North, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 45-63Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReconciliation, resilience and resistance in Inuit teacher’s professional development and practices
Education in the North, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 108-134Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRecycling Values for World Peace - Finnish pupils and student teachers inspiring a Cuban artist
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesSharing a Voice: Early-Career Scholars and the Arctic
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesStaying in school, not dropping out – pupils’ voices
Education in the North, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 238-258Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTeachers' beliefs on conflict and conflict resolution
Education in the North, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 259-274Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTeachers’ perceptions of educational reform aimed at inclusion
Education in the North, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 295-319Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Role of Teacher Education in Decolonizing Education in Canada's North: A Yukon Teacher Education Case Study
Education in the North, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 6-22Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTurangawaewae, noetic spaces and revalorisation: alternative principles of agentive education
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesUnderstanding the Danish Forest School Approach: Early Years Education in Practice. Second Edition
Education in the North, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 361-363Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesUsing Local Sámi Culture and History to Teach Pupils about Democracy
Education in the North, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 198-216Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAir & Light & time & Space: How Successful Academics Write. Helen Sword London: Harvard University Press (2017) pp.266 Hardback £19.95 ISBN 978-0-674-73770-9
Education in the North, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 76-77Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesConducting Research with young people and developing the MTW Approach - a methodology that grasps young people’s perspectives
Education in the North, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 4- 23Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEighty Five Years of Paediatric Research in the North East Of Scotland – A Partnership between Children, Teachers and Researchers
Education in the North, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 24-35Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExploring the concept of community in relation to Early Years practice
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesHow to Increase Joy at School? Findings from a Positive-Psychological Intervention at a Northern-Finnish School
Education in the North, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 36-55Contributions to Journals: ArticlesResearch with Children: Perspectives and Practices Editors: Pia Christensen & Allison James Abingdon: Routledge (2017) pp.240 Paperback £29.99 ISBN 978-1-138-10089-3
Education in the North, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 72-73Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesSupporting the Development and Learning of Children through Personal and Professional Development of Staff
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesThe Posthuman Child: Educational transformation through philosophy with picturebooks. Karin Murris London: Routledge (2016) pp.277 Paperback £29.99 ISBN 978-1-138-85844-2
Education in the North, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 74-75Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesEducational Philosophy of John Dewey and its relevance to current dilemmas in Education
Education in the North, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 3-15Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExperience, Democracy, Community - Identifying with John Dewey Through Youth Activism in Scotland
Education in the North, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 27-52Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPupil participation in the development of school culture
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesRe-Shaping the Map of Educational Studies: Lessons from Dewey’s Democracy and Education
Education in the North, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 16-26Contributions to Journals: ArticlesShedding Social Media: Dewey and the changing needs of education for democratic engagement
Education in the North, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 72-87Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnderstanding and Teaching Holocaust Education Authors: Paula Cowan & Henry Maitles London: Sage Publications (2017) pp. 120 Paperback £20.00 ISBN 978-1473919341
Education in the North, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 94-95Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesPhD Haiku Competition 2nd Place
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPhD Haiku Competition Joint 3rd Place
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPhD Haiku Competition Joint 3rd Place
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPhD Haiku Competition Winner
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAbility Grouping in Primary Schools: case studies and critical debates. Author: Rachel Marks Northwich: Critical Publishing (2016) pp. 80 Paperback £20.00 ISBN 978-1-910391-24-2
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 195-196Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesAccessing the field: methodological dificulties of research in schools
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 53-74Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Work In Progress: Investigating the identity of the artist teacher/ freelance artist tutor and its implications for learning throughout the life course
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesCurriculum for Excellence: A cross-sector investigation of Scottish teachers mathematical befliefs of problem solving
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 24-52Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEditorial: Early Career Research
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 1-2Contributions to Journals: EditorialsExploring research potential: Bologna reform and Europeanisation beyond the European Union in the case of Norway
Contributions to Journals: Features'I hope we can handle it’: A study examining student ability beliefs and motivations before transition
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 128-140Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMapping Historical, Material and Affective entanglements in a Sami woman's discriminatory experiences in and beyond finnish boarding school
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 3-23Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMixed Methods Research – A Guide to the Field. Authors: Vicki Plano-Clark and Nataliya Ivankova Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications Inc. (2016) pp. 368 Paperback £22.99 ISBN 978-1-483306-75-9
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 187Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesOrganising a conference to facilitate interdisciplinary interaction
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesPre-service teachers views on covics and citizenship education in the social sciences curriculum at the teacher education level
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 75-97Contributions to Journals: ArticlesResearch engagement for the school teacher and its role in the education community
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesReview of "Developing Effective Research Proposals (3rd Edition)".: Author Keith F. Punch Los Angeles: Sage Publications (2016) pp. 192 Paperback £27.99 ISBN 978-1-473916-38-8
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 188-189Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesTeacher Education in Times of Change. Authors: The Teacher Education Group: Gary Beauchamp; Linda Clarke; Moira Hulme; Martin Jephcote; Aileen Kennedy; Geraldine Magennis; Ian Menter; Jean Murray; Trevor Mutton; Teresa O’ Doherty; Gillian Peiser Bristol: Policy Press. (2016) pp. 3xvi +291, Paperback £24:00 ISBN 978-1-4473-1854-5
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 190Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesTeachers’ experiences of and responses to the recent socio-economic crisis in Greece and the new challenges that have stemmed from it.
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesThe Journey from Interested Spectator to Active Researcher. A Practice-based Case Study on the Development and Support of Early Career Researchers at the University of the Highlands and Islands
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 98-127Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Road Less Travelled in Access to Higher Education
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesThe Wisdom of Not-Knowing: essays on psychotherapy, Buddhism and life experience. Editors: Bob Chisholm and Jeff Harrison Axminster: Triarchy Press (2016) pp. 184 Paperback £12.50 ISBN 978-1-909470-91-0
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 191-194Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesWriting Education Research. Guidelines for Publishable Scholarship. Author: Joy Egbert and Sherry Sanden New York and London: Routledge (2015) pp. 225 Paperback £20.99 ISBN 978-1-138-79647-8
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 185-186Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesBenefits of bilingualism - Buannachdan Dà-Chànanas Agus Foghlam Tro Mheadhan Na Gàidhlig
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesCothroman air Foghlam Fad-beatha do dh’oileanaich 'abaich'
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesEducational potential, underachievement, and cultural pluralism
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 55-66Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEducation in Britain. 1944 to the present. 2nd Edition Ken Jones Cambridge and Malden: Polity Press (2016) pp296, Hardback£60 ISBN 978-0-7456-6322-7
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 100Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesEnhancing the Rural Option: An International Perspective
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 67-73Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMemories of John Nisbet
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 1-2Contributions to Journals: EditorialsMemories of John Nisbet
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 5Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPast, Present and to Come. Some Reflections on Teacher Education in Scotland
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 74-79Contributions to Journals: ArticlesProfessor John D. Nisbet: Three memories and one regret
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 3-4Contributions to Journals: EditorialsSchools and Teachers in the USSR
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 11-19Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpace as a pedagogical tool for children with additional educational needs participation and empowerment.
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 80-95Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpecial Education in the Twenty First Century: Challenges and Opportunities or a New Graveyard?
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 20-31Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Aberdeen MEd, Past, Present, Future
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 6-10Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe discourse of community in educational policy
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 32-41Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTicking the ethnic box: minority young in rural communities
Education in the North, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 42-54Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBridging conceptual divides related to sex, gender and sexuality in teacher education
Education in the North, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 24-48Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBridging divides
Education in the North, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 1-3Contributions to Journals: EditorialsBridging the divide between educationalists and technologists
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesCombining different worlds: Interdisciplinarity in action research
Education in the North, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 4-23Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDrug education – Bridging the divide between teachers and students
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesHow to Get Kids Offline, Outdoors and Connecting with Nature 200+ Creative Activities to Encourage Self-Esteem, Mindfulness, and Wellbeing by Bonnie Thomas. London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2014) pp269 Paperback £15.99 ISBN 978-1-84905-968-8
Education in the North, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 86-87Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesImproving Access to Further and Higher Education for Young people in Public Care: European Policy and Practice, BY Sonia Jackson and Claire Cameron. London and Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley (2014) pp.288 Hardback £60 ISBN 978-1-84905-366-2
Education in the North, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 84-85Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesLAB studio model: Developing external networks for learning entrepreneurship in higher education
Education in the North, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 49-73Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSupporting Change in Autism Services: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice by Jackie Ravet. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group (2015) pp.144 Paperback £24.99 ISBN 978-0-415-50828-5
Education in the North, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 90-91Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesTheorizing Native Studies by Audra Simpson and Andrea Smith. Durham and London: Duke University Press (2014) pp.352 Paperback £18.99 ISBN 978-0-8223-5679-0
Education in the North, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 88-89Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesActivity Agreements – Supporting vulnerable learners post school
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesCamphill’s approach: relevant and effective for today’s vulnerable learners
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesCan drama help young people with autism to understand the non-verbal behaviours of others and to communicate their own emotional states through non-verbal behaviour?
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesCoping Strategies for Students
Education in the North, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 38-63Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImplementing Restorative Practices in Schools. A Practical Guide to Transforming School Communities: Margaret Thorsborne and Peta Blood London. Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2013) pp.230 paperback £25 ISBN 978-1849053778
Education in the North, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 84Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesInequality, Poverty, Education: A political Economy of School Exclusion. Francesca Ashurst and Couze Venn Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2014) pp. vii-195 Hardback. £58 ISBN 978-137-34700-8
Education in the North, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 85-87Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesLearning as knowledge creation: learning for, and from, all
Education in the North, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 21-37Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Sage Handbook of Special Education (2nd Edition). Lani Florian London: Sage Publications (2014) pp.1040 Hardback £245 ISBN 9781446210536
Education in the North, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 88-89Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesThe Vulnerability of Distance Learning Initial Teacher Education (DLITE)
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesVulnerable Learners
Education in the North, vol. 21, no. 1Contributions to Journals: EditorialsAn educational project for cultural change: towards a place-based, imaginative, ecological ‘school’
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesArt and place-based education for the understanding of sustainability
Education in the North, vol. 20, no. Special Issue, pp. 90-105Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Wanderer in the Landscape – Reflections on the Relationship between Art and the Northern Environment
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesCase-based studies: a critical pedagogy of place in international education in Iceland
Education in the North, vol. 20, no. Special Issue, pp. 55-72Contributions to Journals: ArticlesForeword to the Special Issue
Education in the North, vol. 20, no. Special IssueContributions to Journals: ArticlesNorth, South, East and West. Let’s multiply views, and converge on values
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesOutdoor Learning in the Early Years. 3rd Edition Helen Bilton Abingdon: Routledge (2010) pp. 272 Pbk. £21.99 ISBN 978-0415454773
Education in the North, vol. 20, no. Special Issue, pp. 146-147Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesPlace and space for women in a rural area in Iceland
Education in the North, vol. 20, no. Special Issue, pp. 73-89Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPlaced-Based Education in the Global Age: Local Diversity D.A. Gruenewald and G.A. Smith Eds. Abingdon: Routledge (2007) pp. 408 Pbk. £26.99 ISBN 978-0805858648
Education in the North, vol. 20, no. Special Issue, pp. 148-149Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesSchool as Narrated Places: Children´s Narratives of School Enjoyment
Education in the North, vol. 20, no. Special Issue, pp. 7-25Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpace as a pedagogical tool for children with additional educational needs participation and empowerment
Education in the North, vol. 20, no. Special Issue, pp. 39-54Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpace, Place and Pedagogy: Local Contexts in a Globalised World
Education in the North, vol. 20, no. Special Issue, pp. 2-6Contributions to Journals: Editorials
