Lecturer Mathematics Education & Director of the Mathematics Learning Centre
Lecturer Mathematics Education & Director of the Mathematics Learning Centre
Lecturer Mathematics Education & Director of the Mathematics Learning Centre
Olivia trained as a Physical Education and Mathematics teacher in UL in 1996. After a number of years’ teaching at secondary school she returned to full time education, completing a Higher Diploma in Pure Mathematics at Maynooth University. In 2001 the Mathematics Learning Centre (MLC) opened in UL and Olivia returned to UL to work in the MLC and start a PhD in Mathematics Education under the supervision of Professor John O’Donoghue. In 2003 she became full time manager of the MLC. In 2010 she started lecturing both mathematics and mathematics pedagogy modules on the Initial Teacher Education mathematics programmes in UL and moved into the role of director of the MLC. Her research focuses mainly on the mathematics knowledge of preservice mathematics teachers and the effective provision of mathematics learning support.
