Barbara Jaworski

  • Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Education

Professional History

  • 1967-1984 Teaching of mathematics (and some Physics and Computer Science) at secondary level (students aged 11-18), and (1978-1984) first year undergraduate mathematics part time for the Open University.
  • 1984-1989 Lecturer at the Open University, writing courses in mathematics education for teachers of mathematics, and researching investigative teaching in secondary mathematics classrooms.
  • 1989-1992 Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, focusing on secondary teacher education in PGCE mathematics and research in mathematics teaching.
  • 1992-2002 Lecturer/Reader at the University of Oxford focusing on secondary teacher education in PGCE mathematics and research in mathematics teaching and its development, particularly in collaboration with teachers doing research in classrooms.
  • 2003-2007 Professor in Mathematics Education at University of Agder, Norway.
  • 2007 - 2021 Professor in Mathematics Education at Loughborough University, UK and Guest professor at University of Agder, Norway
  • 2021 - Emeritus Professor in Mathemetics Education

PhD

  • Open University (1991): Interpretations of a Constructivist Philosophy in Mathematics Teaching.

International positions

  • 2013-2016: Leader of the ICMI Survey Team focusing on 'Teachers working and learning through collaboration', with presentation in ICME 13 in Hamburg 2026
  • 2013-2016: President of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME)
  • 2005-2009: President of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (ERME)
  • 2005: Chair of CERME 4, the fourth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education.
  • 2005: Member of the International Programme Committee for the 15th ICMI Study: The Professional Education and Development of Teachers of Mathematics
  • 2002-2007 Editor in Chief of the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, JMTE
  • 1990-1994: Member of the International Committee of PME, the International Groups for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.