Research

Conference & Public Engagement

• Speaker, 7th Future of English Language Teaching Conference (FOELT) — Trinity College London, 2023. Integrated Homework: A More Personal Way to Empower Learning Outside the Classroom. A session on educational innovation and the design of homework as an active learning opportunity rather than passive compliance.  → Watch the presentation

• Public science outreach — Royal Society of Chemistry / Queen Mary University of London (2002–2003). Co-organised lectures including The Science of Ice Cream and The Science of Chocolate.

Current Research Interests

My research interests sit at the intersection of chemistry education and pedagogy, with a particular focus on how students at secondary level construct and refine their understanding of chemical concepts.

I am currently exploring the literature on Johnstone's Triangle as a framework for understanding how students move between macroscopic, submicroscopic and symbolic representations in chemistry, and what pedagogical conditions support or hinder that transition at IGCSE and A-Level.

A second area of interest is the relationship between curriculum design, academic coordination and chemistry pedagogy, and how their intersection shapes student outcomes in international school contexts.

This work is at an early stage. My current focus is on literature review and on developing a coherent research question that can be pursued rigorously within my teaching practice.