About Us

Dr Clare Lee

Clare Lee is a Senior Lecturer and a Module Team Chair for Learning and Teaching  in the School of Education, Childhood, Youth & Sport (ECYS), at the Open University. Previously, she has worked on the OU PGCE. Prior to joining the OU she worked as Research Fellow on the prestigious King’s Medway Oxfordshire Formative Assessment Project and before that had taught mathematics in secondary schools for twenty years. Her research interests and expertise are in the areas of: mathematical resilience, pedagogy, assessment for learning and teaching for resilience. She is the author of working Inside the Black Box, Assessment for Learning: putting it into practice, Language for Learning Mathematics, Learning to teach Mathematics in the Secondary School and A Practical Guide to Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary School as well as many journal articles and other resources, which can be found on Clare's ORO profile

Sue Johnston-Wilder

Sue trained as a secondary mathematics teacher at Cambridge University and taught in London comprehensive schools. Since then she has worked in mathematics education for Kings College London, the Open University and Warwick University. She has published widely including the Sage 'Developing Thinking in Mathematics' series. Sue was Chair of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics 2005-2009. In collaboration with Clare Lee, working with students, teachers, school leaders, and parents, she has developed the construct 'Mathematical Resilience' as a positive framework for working with schools and families on 'the maths problem'. In collaboration with The Progression Trust and ASDAN, she has developed a programme for developing Coaches for Mathematical Resilience, so that mathematically anxious adults can support mathematics learners, from where they are now with their mathematics
Current members of the Mathematical Resilience Network are:  Allison Dillard (USA); Aicha Hadji-Sonni (France); Harrison Njaru Mbogo (Kenya); Brighton Mudadigwa (South Africa); Telma Para (Brazil); Rosemary Russell ( UK working with parents); Maria Ryan & Julie Crowley (Ireland); Ben Sinclair (UK working with schools); Masha Symondson ( UK working with FE). More about Sue and her research can be found on her profile.