
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
