Dr
Siún
Nic Mhuiri
Academic biography
Siún Nic Mhuirí is a lecturer in the Institute of Education, St. Patrick’s campus, where she specialises in Mathematics Education. She is a member of CASTeL, Ireland's largest research centre in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. She completed her Masters degree in mathematics at NUI, Galway before obtaining her PGCE at the University of Exeter, UK. The majority of her primary teaching experience was in designated disadvantaged schools and she has worked with the Maths Recovery and Ready, Set, Go - Maths programmes.
Research interests
Mathematics classroom practices; Dialogic teaching and the role of talk in mathematical thinking and problem solving; Teacher research and reflective practice; Mathematics teacher education, Mathematics Teacher Efficacy.
Co-chair of Mathematics Teaching and Teacher Practice(s), TWG19, for CERME13.
Organizing Committee for the 8th Conference on Research in Mathematics Education (MEI), DCU Institute of Education, Dublin. October 2021.