Holly Heshmati

Holly Heshmati - Senior Teaching Fellow

Tel: 024 76 575845
Room: WA 1.05d
Email: h.heshmati@warwick.ac.uk
Centre email: CTE@warwick.ac.uk

Holly is the subject lead for maths and leads on the PG modules of the secondary PGCE. She supervises MA students as well as teaching on the undergraduate Warwick in Schools module. Holly shares the belief that students’ success at school can be driven, not by social background, but by the quality of education students receive.

Teacher Resilience is something Holly has researched and presented within various international conferences and seminars. She believes that developing teacher resilience can be effective in improving teachers’ wellbeing and addressing issues related to heavy workload and teacher attrition.

As a Maths lead mentor for the Warwick in Africa outreach programme, Holly has worked closely with teachers, heads of department and leadership team of schools in South Africa to drive changes and raise standards through introducing and implementing innovative teaching methods in Primary and Secondary maths lessons.

Professional & Teaching Expertise
Teacher Education, Educational Research, Primary and Secondary Mathematics, Post 16, Curriculum and Assessment Design.

Academic Interests & Teaching & Learning Specialisms
Issues in Maths Education, Sociology of Education, Critical Reflection, Academic Writing, and International Education.

Publications & Projects
• Heshmati, H., Johnston-Wilder, S. and Findon, M. (2019). Developing Pre-service Maths Teachers’ Resilience Using Growth Zone Model, IJIIE.
• Heshmati, H., Johnston-Wilder, S. and Sinclair, B. (2018). Learners creating video revision resources to promote mathematics self-efficacy, BSRLM.
• Lee, C., Johnston-Wilder, S., Pardoe, S., Baker, J., Heshmati, H., and Nyama, J. (2018). Mathematical Resilience Workshop, BCME.

Other Positions
• External Examiner: The University of Sheffield
• Executive Editor: International Journal of Innovation in Education
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Member: BSRLM, IPDA, TEAN