Our Team

Lulu’s research interests focus on the challenges associated with building more inclusive school mathematics and in understanding the mathematical practices of learners with disabilities. Her work includes investigating and designing forms of accessing and expressing mathematics that respects the divergent needs of all our students; contributing to the development of teaching strategies that recognise this diversity, and examining the relationships between sensory experiences and mathematical cognition.  

Before joining King’s, Dr Brock worked as a secondary physics teacher. He is interested in learning in science education, particularly in critiquing the concepts of knowledge and understanding. Dr Brock has used the microgenetic method, which uses relatively high frequency sampling to develop fine-grained representations of change, to study students’ learning. He is interested in how short-term and long-term changes to students’ learning can be represented. Through his work on the PGCE, and with colleagues Alex Manning, Emma Towers and Helen Damon,...

Before joining King’s College London Melissa’s previous posts included secondary science teacher in inner London and project officer for London Outdoor Science (Field Studies Council) where she wrote several outdoor curriculums. Between 2018-2023 Melissa was a trustee at the London Wildlife Trust and was an invited fellow of the National Association of Environmental Education (NAEE) and London Environmental Education Forum (LEEF). Alongside her research, these experiences inform Melissa’s teaching responsibilities. Melissa is interested in why teachers teach what they do,...