Professor Cathy Smith

Cathy is Professor in mathematics education at the Open University and an editor of the IMA  journal Teaching Mathematics and its Applications.  She has previous experience as a secondary teacher, undergraduate lecturer, and teacher trainer, always with a focus on the role of mathematics in mathematics education.  She researches the discourses of ability, pleasure, gender and exceptionalism which influence older students choosing whether to study mathematics, and how schools and universities can promote girls' and women's participation in mathematics.