MPhil (part-time) - currently writing up

Research Topic

Communication in bilingual mathematics classrooms.

Research Summary

My MPhil research has focused on three case study secondary schools in rural Wales and the way mathematics is communicated in each. In order to appreciate the classroom communication to a fuller extent, policies at school, LEA and national level have been evaluated using discourse analysis on a variety of data including interviews with teachers at each of the schools. The main corpus of data has been collected from the recording of lessons given by six teachers, together with before and after interviews.

Research Supervisor

Prof Marilyn Martin-Jones

Research Interests

• Discourse Analysis and Conversation Analysis with an emphasis on construction.
• Institutional discourse with particular interest in adding to accountability and responsibility.
• Research methodology: My interests lie in developing an eclectic approach.

Primary Funding Source

Self-funding with a University Bursary

Publications

Conference Presentations

Jones, D.,(2003), Challenges in extending Welsh Medium Education at secondary school level. (Presented at the 2nd Mercator International Symposium held in Aberystwyth July 3,2003)

Jones,D & Martin-Jones,M, (2004), The development of educational markets, local policy responses and their implications for minority language medium education in rural areas of Europe. (Co presented with Prof Martin Jones at the 3rd Mercator International Symposium held in Leeurwarden, Nov 25-27, 2004.)

Membership in Research and Professional Organisations

• Registered adviser to the General Teaching Council of Wales