Prof Pat Drake

Biography

Qualifications

 BA Pure Mathematics, PGCE , Diploma in Statistics, MA, EDD, GTC(E), FHEA.

Summary

Pat came to Sussex as mathematics PGCE tutor.  She served as PGCE Director 1993-6, Director of Initial Teacher Education  from 1999-2002, moving on to become Head of the Sussex School of Education from 2003 - 2006.

Pat with colleagues in Education initiated the Mathematics Education Community at Sussex:  www.sussex.ac.uk/education/ mathematics education community

Professional Activities

• Editorial Board Research in Mathematics Education
• Reviewer for ESRC, Escalate, British Education Research Journal, Studies in Higher Education, Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, Compare.
• External Examiner University of Bath EdD
• Joint Convenor Professional Doctorate Network (with Hilary Burgess)
• Associate of the National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics.
• Elected member of the national executive of the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers 2005-8
• Member of British Society for Research in Learning Mathematics, British Education Resrach Association, Adults Learning Mathematics.

Teaching

Secondary school mathematics and statistics; Retraining teachers to teach mathematics; Mathematics PGCE; Research Methods; Mathematics as a Human Activity; Professional Education Studies.

Role

Reader in Education; Programme Leader Doctorate in Education

Community and Business

• NCETM South East Region Mathematics teacher  CPD Advisory Group HE representative

Pat's research interests  relate to teaching and learning mathematics, and have an applied focus.  Pat is also interested in insider research methodology, explored in her book published by Routledge in 2010: Insider research at doctoral level: Deveolping coherent methodologies. 

2007-2010 - Evaluating mathematics pathways. Funded by the QCDA, and with the Universities of Nottingham, Sussex and Manchester.

Pat is an active member of research groups Centre for Inquiry and Research in Cognition, Learning and Teaching in Sussex (CIRCLETS) and Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research (CHEER).

Doctoral Supervision

• Lin Phillips EdD: Activity learning as a tool for developing primary teachers mathematics pedagogy
• Geoff Kent DPhil: Cognitive instruction in mathematics education.
• Andrew Blair EdD: Exploring non-native speakers of English as teachers of English
• Celia Green EdD: Personalising learning post-16
• Sarah Varney-Burch EdD: Assessment at undergraduate level.
• Eddie Slater EdD: Teaching assistants and learning in secondary schools.

Drake, Dr Pat, Julian, W and Geoff, W, eds. (2011) Deepening engagement in mathematics in pre-university education. Special Issue: Research in Mathematics Education (13,2). Taylor and Francis.

Noyes, Andrew, Wake, Geoff and Drake, Pat (2011) Widening and Increasing post-16 Mathematics Participation: Pathways, pedagogies and politics. International Journal of Science and Mathematical Education, 9 (2). pp. 483-501. ISSN 1571-0068

Noyes, Andrew, Drake, Pat, Wake, Geoff and Murphy, Roger (2011) Evaluating Mathematics Pathways Final Report. Unset. Department of Education.

Drake, Pat (2011) Initial Teacher Education: could have been rural whimsy. In: Making the future: a history of the University of Sussex. The University of Sussex, pp. 330-335. ISBN 9780904242690

Drake, Pat and Heath, L (2010) Practitioner Research at Doctoral Level: Developing coherent methodologies. Routledge. ISBN 9780415490221

Drake, Pat (2010) Grasping at Methodological Understanding: a cautionary tale from insider research. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 33 (1). pp. 85-99. ISSN 1743-727X

Noyes, A, Wake, G, Drake, Pat and Murphy, R (2010) Evaluating Mathematics Pathways Reports 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Unset. Available on request from the University of Nottingham.

Drake, Pat (2009) Mathematics for teaching: what makes us want to? In: Mathematical Relationships in Education: Identities and Participation. Routledge Research in Education . Routledge, Oxon & NY, pp. 161-172. ISBN 9780415996846

Drake, Pat (2009) Working for learning: teaching assistants developing mathematics for teaching. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 12 (1). pp. 67-82. ISSN 1386-4416

Drake, Pat and Heath, Linda (2008) Researching in schools and universities: insiders and professional doctorates. Higher Education Review, 41 (1). pp. 21-35. ISSN 0018-1609

Drake, Pat and Heath, Linda (2008) Insider researchers in schools and universities: the case of the professional doctorate. In: Researching Education from the Inside: investigating institutions from within. Routledge, pp. 127-143. ISBN 978-0-415-43593-2

Bibby, Tamara, Drake, Pat, Mendick, Heather and Povey, Hilary (2007) Mathematics. In: GENDERWATCH: still watching. TRENTHAM Books Ltd, pp. 196-199. ISBN 9781858564012

Drake, Pat (2005) A case of learning mathematics the hard way as a teaching assistant. Research in Mathematics Education, 7 (1). pp. 19-31. ISSN 1479-4802

Drake, Pat (2005) Undergraduate mathematics diversified for non-standard entrants - whatever next! A case of teaching assistants and the curriculum. In: Diversity and Difference in Lifelong Learning: Proceedings of the 35th Annual SCUTREA Conference. University of Sussex, Centre for Continuing Education, pp. 75-83. ISBN 9780904242508

Drake, Pat (2001) Mathematics and all that: Who teaches the number stuff? Active Learning in Higher Education, 2 (1). pp. 46-52. ISSN 1469-7874

Drake, Pat (2000) Who teaches maths in Higher Education? In: ALM-6: proceedings of the sixth international conference of Adults Learning Mathematics - a Research Conference, 8-10 July 1999, Sheffield Hallam University, England. Avanti Books, Stevenage. ISBN 9781850410904

Drake, Pat and Owen, Patricia (1998) Gender and Management Issues in Education: an international perspective. Trentham Books Stoke on Trent, 145pp. ISBN 1858561183

Drake, Pat and Dart, L (1997) Different perceptions of teacher competence: trainees and their mentors. In: Exploring Futures in Teacher Education: changing key for changing times. Bedford Way Papers London, 333 - 346. ISBN 0-85473-531-3

Dart, Lisa and Drake, Pat (1996) Subject perspectives in mentoring. In: Mentors in schools: developing the profession of teaching. Fulton, 56 - 74. ISBN 1853464112

Swan, Malcolm, Drake, Pat and et al, Mathematics Matters: Final Report. Project Report. The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM), London.