Professor Alf Coles
MA(Oxon.), PGCE(Cantab.), MEd(Bristol), PhD
Current positions
Professor of Mathematics Education
School of Education
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Research interests
Teacher development; ways of working with video; listening and hearing in the mathematics classroom; early number; creativity in the classroom; metacognition.
Positions
University of Bristol positions
Professor of Mathematics Education
School of Education
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Community, Science and Education: An interdisciplinary perspective for facing ecological crises in Mexico and South America
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/08/2019 to 01/08/2021
Innovating the mathematics curriculum in times of change: towards local and global relevance
Principal Investigator
Description
World Universities Network (WUN) grantManaging organisational unit
Dates
03/02/2020 to 31/07/2021
Alf Coles Newton Mobility Grant - Mexico
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/01/2018 to 28/02/2019
Connecting out-of-school experience with classroom mathematics in culturally diverse societies
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
British Academy Newton Mobility GrantManaging organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/01/2018 to 31/12/2018
Teaching and Learning Primary Mathematics
Principal Investigator
Description
ESRC Knowledge ExchangeManaging organisational unit
School of EducationDates
01/10/2017 to 30/09/2018
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Selected publications
01/07/2013Making distinctions in task design and student activity
Task Design in Mathematics Education: Proceedings of ICMI Study 22
On metacognition
For the Learning of Mathematics
Being alongside
Mathematics Teaching
Recent publications
17/12/2020Commentary on a Special Issue
Educational Studies in Mathematics
Communicating ‘nots’
For the Learning of Mathematics
Learning to teach mathematics
The International Handbook of Mathematics Teacher Education
Working with awareness as Mathematics Teacher Educators
The learning and development of mathematics teacher educators
Facilitating the use of video with teachers of mathematics
International Journal of STEM Education
