Staff Profile
Linda Mason
Senior Lecturer
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My teaching career began by teaching English as an additional language at a primary school in the Czech Republic. I then completed my PGCE in primary education with a mathematics specialism at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. At the time, the National Numeracy Strategy was being piloted which sparked my interest and passion for teaching and learning in this area of the curriculum.
I have worked in a number of different school settings across England, from a middle school in Merton Borough of London to a relatively small school near the centre of York. During this time I became subject leader for matheamtics and gained both 'Leading Mathematics' and 'Advanced Teacher' status. This opned opportunities to be involved in number of key mathematics development projects within the City of York.
More recently I worked as part of the Primary Mathematics Consultancy team for North Yorkshire. As part of this role I was fortunate enough to work alongside the ICT consultant to consider how ICT could enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics and was also involved in the authority’s ‘pupil self-evaluation project’ which further developed my interest in assessment for learning.
I joined York St John in 2008 as a Senior Lecturer in Primary Education and successfully completed my Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice. I now take responsibility as the Subject Leader for primary mathematics.
- School – School of Education, Language and Psychology
- Email – l.mason@yorksj.ac.uk
- Phone – 01904 876 791
Further information
Teaching
Research
Recent research has focussed on adpative teaching practice within the mathematics classroom. This was a collaborative research project working with other ITE providers in the region. I have also been involved in research which looked into the use of digital media, such as podcast, to enhance formative feedback to students.
Publications
Publications
Mason, L., Bell, C., Gilmore, R., MacGilchrist, C., Parsell, Riley, G. and Turner, C. (2024)'What is there to notice?' Primary Mathematics, Summer 2024, Volume 28, Number 2
Turner, C., Bell, C., Gilmore, R., MacGilchrist, C., Mason, L., Parsell and Riley, G (2024) 'Unpicking Adaptive teaching.’ Mathematics in School, January 2024, Volume 53, Number 1
E-Books
A case study (co-authored by Mike Hickman and myself) entitled ‘Starting a conversation — podcasting within Initial Teacher Education at York St John University’ was published in section 2 of: Middleton, A. ed (2013) Digital Voices – a collaborative exploration of the recorded voice in post-compulsory education. Kindle version. Accessed from http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Voices-collaborative-post-compulsory-ebook/dp/B00BA2Z0NO/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380809634&sr=1-2&keywords=Digital+voices.
Conference Presentations
BERA Conference 2024, September 2024: The Power of Noticing -unpicking adaptive teaching in the mathematics classroom (co-presented)
The Joint Conference of Mathematics Subject Associations – Shape Up Conference. April 2024: Unpicking adaptive teaching in the mathematics classroom (co-presented)
YSJ Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, January 2010: E-learning in ITE mathematics (co-presented with Jenny Carpenter and Mike Hickman).
A Word in Your Ear, Sheffield Hallam - December 2009: An academic Poster entitled ‘Starting a conversation — podcasting within Initial Teacher Education at York St John University’.
Professional activities
I am currently the Lead for the Strengthening Partnership with ITT Providers Community Group in association with the NCETM and Yorkshire Ridings Maths Hub. I am also a member of the Local Leaders of Mathematics Education for Yorkshire Ridings Maths Hub.
