BSc (Hons), PGCE, PhD
Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- h.martin@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 274769
- Office Address
- 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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Education in the North, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 1-5Contributions to Journals: EditorialsMeaningful leisure time in school-age educare: the value of friends and collective strategies
Education in the North, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 84-100Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Kist o Skinklan Things: An anthology of Scots poetry from the first and second waves of the Scottish Renaissance. Compiled and annotated by J Derrick McClure Glasgow: The Association for Literary Studies (2017) 256pp., hardback £14.95 ISBN: 978-1-906-841294
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 303-304Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesChanges and actions taken in online teaching during the first period of COVID-19: a teacher perspective on pupils’ equity
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 63-84Contributions to Journals: ArticlesClassrooms going online: Nordic lower secondary teachers’ readiness at the COVID-19 outbreak
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 44-62Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCrisis as opportunity: experiences of Norwegian school leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 274-292Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEvery cloud has a silver lining – Finnish guardians’ experiences of the positive outcomes of emergency remote schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 140-160Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHome-schooling for children with disabilities during the pandemic: a study of digital-, musical- and socio-economic conversion factors
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 222-248Contributions to Journals: Articles‘I miss the physical presence of the students’: Swedish teachers’ experiences of online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 100-120Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIndividualised home-schooling – at odds with the equity ambitions in the Nordic model of education?
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 204-221Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLong-term consequences of COVID-19 on students’ well-being and values
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 249-273Contributions to Journals: Articles'Nordic values’ and schooling during COVID-19: how to balance comprehensive education and sustainable pandemic regulations
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 1-4Contributions to Journals: EditorialsParental experiences of education at home during a pandemic
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 161-182Contributions to Journals: ArticlesParental trust in the Finnish basic education system during the COVID-19 pandemic
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 183-203Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSwedish upper secondary school teachers’ experiences with coping with emergency remote teaching (ERT) – emerging pedagogical issues in pandemic times
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 85-99Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSwedish vocational teachers’ informal workplace learning during the initial phase of the COVID-19 crisis
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 121-139Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTeachers in new situations during the COVID-19 period: impact on professional collaboration and quality of teaching
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 25-43Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTeaching and supporting students with special educational needs at a distance during the COVID-19 school closures in Finland: special needs teachers’ experiences
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 5-24Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe educational philosophy and pedagogical practices of a Danish children’s folk high school
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesThe Turning Point for the Teaching Profession - Growing Expertise and Evaluative Thinking: Field Richards, John Hattie and Catherine Reid New York, NY: Routledge (2021) 175pp., paperback ISBN 978-0-367-531850
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 305-306Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesA socio-linguistic theory of closing the gap in Scottish schools
Contributions to Journals: FeaturesChildren’s wellness: outdoor learning during Covid-19 in Canada
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 24-45Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCrossing Boundaries and Valuing Diversity
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 1-5Contributions to Journals: EditorialsDigital Games Based Learning for History – Problem Solving or Problematic?
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 115-133Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFactors related to Icelandic student teachers’ prospective commitment to the teaching profession
Education in the North, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 64-79Contributions to Journals: Articles
