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Paul Grimes

Dr. Paul Grimes

Paul Grimes is an Assistant Professor in Mathematics Education in the School of STEM Education, Innovation and Global Studies, Dublin City University. He is a member of the Centre for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning (CASTeL). He is project coordinator and principal investigator for the Erasmus+ funded Supporting Transitions Across Mathematics and Physics Education (STAMPEd) project. Research interests include the use of design based research in education, discourse and sense - making in mathematics and physics, and research in teacher education in mathematics and science. He lectures in the areas of mathematics education and physics education on primary and post-primary initial teacher education programmes.

Before joining the school he worked as a postdoctoral researcher on both the Three Dimensions of Inquiry in Physics Education (3DIPhE) and Open Schools for Open Societies (OSOS) projects. He has a PhD in physics education and before this qualified as a second level mathematics and physics teacher.

Research Interests

  • Mathematics Education
  • Physics Education
  • Science Education
  • Teacher Education
  • Classroom Discourse
  • Sense-Making in Mathematics and Science

If you are interested in pursuing postgraduate research in any of these areas please feel free to get in touch.

Teaching Interests


ED2031: Mathematics Education 2
ED2033: Teacher as a Reflective Practitioner
ED3052: Mathematics Education 3
ED4015: Mathematics Education Research Project
ED4055: Mathematics Education 4


SG311: Perspectives on Mathematics


ES563: Teaching and Learning in Mathematics Education


M.Ed (Mathematics Education)

Funding Highlights

  • Getting into teaching: A mathematics teaching experience for DCU undergraduate students, Co-PI, 01/02/2023 to 30/09/2023
  • Remote Inquiries in Science Education, DCU Co-PI, DCU Co-PI to 28/02/2023
  • Supporting Transitions Across Mathematics and Physics Education, DCU PI, 01/09/2020 to 31/08/2023
  • Project in Rich Mathematical Exploration (PRiME), DCU Project Team, 01/09/2020 to 31/05/2021
  • Three Dimensions of Inquiry in Physics Education (3DIPhE), DCU Project Team, 01/09/2017 to 31/08/2020
  • National Survey of Scientific Inquiry at Junior Cycle, DCU Project Team, 01/02/2016