The Promoting Socially Just Mathematics Teaching (PSJMT) research project was a collaboration between 15 teacher educators (all members of the TMSJN) supported by a BERA Small Grant. The research team worked together to develop, trial and evaluate a series of professional development workshops (now freely available on the TMSJN website). The project also involved reflecting on our ongoing work, with both student teachers and experienced practitioners, in raising awareness of social justice issues within the mathematics classroom.
A key finding from the project was the value and importance of professional networks (such as the TMSJN) for providing mutual support and encouragement for practitioners to reflect critically on existing practice and to overcome constraints they face. A summary of all findings can be found in the project report published by BERA. We have presented our findings at several conferences including the BERA 2025 Conference in Brighton, where we ran a workshop for teacher educators across different disciplines. The next step will be to publish in academic journals during the coming year.
The PSJMT project built on a framework for teaching mathematics for social justice that has been developed and refined over several collaborative action research projects with teacher researchers. Further exemplification of this framework, along with information about these projects, can be found in Pete’s conference paper and plenary talk to the AMESA Congress held in South Africa in July 2025.
The Teaching Maths for Social Justice Network 