The University of Sheffield
The School of Education

Miss Manjinder K. Jagdev BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Statistics; Msc Medical Informatics; PGCE Mathematics; MA Education and Professional Development

Tutor in Education – Mathematics, Course leader PGCE Mathematics 2011 - 2012
Researcher – Historical and Cultural Perspectives in Mathematics Education




Tel: (+44) (0)114 222 8150
Email: m.jagdev@Sheffield.ac.uk
Room: 3.10

Research interests

Manjinder´s research interests include `Educational Experiences of Black and Asian Pupils in an Inner-city Comprehensive´; `Academic Achievement in Core Subjects by Ethnicity´ and `Issues in Improving GCSE Mathematics Attainment´.

Working with PGCE students:

Manjinder´s teaching of PGCE Maths students emphasises the need to value cultural diversity in the Mathematics curriculum and accordingly involves group-work and using resources such as Vedic Maths and global statistics from New Internationalist. Her PhD work will include preparing the next generation of mathematics teachers to teach historical and cultural mathematics to pupils in Key Stage 3, as highlighted in the new National Curriculum. This study will involve interviews with PGCE mathematics students, focus groups, diaries, questionnaires and monitoring of classroom teaching.

Teaching

Manjinder´s current teaching responsibilities lie with the education of Mathematics teachers in the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) programme.

Previous teaching achievements include:

2006 - 2008 PGCE Mathematics Tutor – University of East Anglia, Norwich
2004 – 2006 Head of Mathematics and Numeracy – Heartsease High School, Norwich
2000 – 2004 KS4 Mathematics Co-ordinator, Whole-School Target-setting – Sprowston High School, Norwich
1998 – 2000 Mathematics Teacher – Ashton Park High, Bristol
1996 – 1998 Mathematics Teacher – St. George Community High School, Bristol.

Activities

Membership of Professional Associations:

Funded Projects

Plenaries Project; Awarded by TDA; involving PGCE Mathematics student teacher and pupils (funded for one year).