Mark is a Professor of Education at the Sheffield Institute of Education and Co-Head of Research and Innovation. Most of his current research focuses on the evaluation of large-scale professional development programmes and other policy initiatives, mainly in mathematics education or teacher professional learning. A former secondary mathematics teacher and mathematics teacher educator, Mark is also a movement teacher and holds a diploma in Sociodrama and Creative Action Methods.

Mark is a Professor of Education at the Sheffield Institute of Education and Co-Head of Research and Innovation. Most of his current research focuses on the evaluation of large-scale professional development programmes and other policy initiatives, mainly in mathematics education or teacher professional learning. A former secondary mathematics teacher and mathematics teacher educator, Mark is also a movement teacher and holds a diploma in Sociodrama and Creative Action Methods.

Mark has extensive experience leading complex evaluations that include impact analysis, process evaluation, and mixed-methods research. He has led or co-led more than 20 research and evaluation projects for a variety of funders over the past 15 years. He has also designed and set up a regional Primary Mathematics Specialist Teacher Programme. His evaluation research began with evaluations of DfE courses for non-specialist teachers of mathematics, professional development leaders, and the NCETM. He led the evaluation of the Shanghai Mathematics Teacher Exchange. He has published extensively, including over 50 journal articles, reports, and other research outputs. These have included methodological contributions to evaluation theory and practice.

Mark has a long-standing research interest in social justice pedagogies in mathematics education.

He has a background in qualitative research but also has expertise in process and implementation evaluation, the design of mixed methods, and quantitative studies. He has supervised 14 doctoral researchers to completion, with their research spanning a wide range of areas. He was previously the Post Graduate Research Tutor for Education and the Research and Evaluation Framework Coordinator for Education at Sheffield Hallam University.

Professor of Education. Practice, Innovation and Professional Learning Research Group Leader. Doctoral supervision and teaching

• Mathematics education
• Professional learning
• Teacher education
• Social justice pedagogies and critical teacher education
• Ethics in education