D J Stansfield

D J Stansfield serves as a Lecturer at the University of Bristol's School of Education, actively engaged with the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Curriculum and the Mathematics Education Research Network (MERN).

Educational background:

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Bristol (2020). Thesis: "Students’ perceptions of assessment on one Mathematics Enhancement Course: An enactivist narrative of one PhD journey," supervised by Coles, A. and Brown, L.

Research centers on mathematics education with specialized focus on student assessment perceptions in teacher training contexts. Employing enactivist theoretical frameworks, their work examines curriculum design efficacy and pedagogical strategies within mathematics enhancement courses. As a core contributor to MERN, Stansfield investigates innovative approaches to bridge theoretical educational research with practical classroom implementation in STEM teacher development programs.