Libby Jared
Position/Status
Lecturer in Education (Mathematics and ICT)
E-mail Address: ecj20@cam.ac.uk
Phone: 01223 767545
Qualifications
BA, Cert.Ed.
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
Association for Information Technology in Teacher Education
Computer Education Group
Microcomputers and Primary Education
Association for Teachers of Mathematics
Mathematical Association
Profile
Having taught in schools for 15 years, I now concentrate on two separate subjects areas (Mathematics and ICT) for both my teaching and research. As one of the co-founders of the NRICH mathematics project, a strong interest has emerged in the educational changes which are resulting from the current modern technologies.
Academic Area/Links
Mathematics Education
Technology-integrated teaching and learning
Research Topics
Differences in Mathematical Problem Solving (Pedagogies and Strategies) across within a group of European Countries
The changing roles of teacher and learner in the current technological age and the part that an online home can play in opening up the confines of the conventional classroom
Investigating teachers' competence in using ICT including barrier and motivational issues
Current Research Projects
EuroMaths: Mathematics Enrichment OnLine - an EU 3 year funded Comenius Project
Course Involvement
Undergraduate Mathematics Main Subject Study
BEd Key Stage 3 Mathematics curriculum
BEd and PGCE (Primary and KS2/3) ICT curriculum courses
Publications
Jared E. (ed) (2000) EuroMaths Enrichment OnLine: Case Studies of nine European Schools & three Leader Reports.
NRICH website (http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/euromaths/index/html)
Jared E. (1998) Using the Internet to reach and teach able children: The NRICH project. XV IFIP World Computer Congress (Austrian Computer Society)
Jared E. (1995) Working for independence by working together - a Case Study of an IT Consultancy with a Secondary Maths Department
Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education, Vol 4, No 3. Triangle Press.
Jared E. & Thwaites A. (1995) What is your Favourite Colour Chapter 7 in Children's Mathematical Thinking in the Primary Years, ed. J. Anghileri. Cassell.
Thwaites A. & Jared E. (1997) Understanding and using variables in a variety of mathematical contexts. Chapter 6 in Information Technology and Authentic Learning: Realising the Potential of Computers in the Classroom. Edited by Angela McFarlane. Routledge.