Kalsoom Akhtar

School of Education
Lecturer in Primary Education (Mathematics)
Director of Primary ITE

Contact details

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 4858
Email: k.akhtar@bham.ac.uk

Address: School of Education
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham
B15 2TT, United Kingdom

Kalsoom has worked across several primary schools, in England and abroad. She has a strong background in Mathematics Education and has worked in leadership roles as well as supporting roles.

She is currently Lecturer in Primary Education (Mathematics), specifically teaching on the PGDipEd course in the School of Education. She is also personal tutor to students who are completing their Masters dissertation.

Qualifications

MSc Mathematics Education
QTS
PGDip (Software Engineering)
MSc Psychology

Biography

Kalsoom Akhtar is a lecturer in Primary Education on the PGDipEd and School Direct Primary courses. She is the Lead for Primary Mathematics for both, PGDipEd the School Direct PGCE. Kalsoom has taught in all phases in primary schools for over 16 years. She has a strong background in Mathematics Education and has worked in leadership roles.

Kalsoom supervises MA Teaching Studies students.

Teaching

PGDip Advance General Primary (Mathematics)
PGDip Advance Early Years (Mathematics)
School Direct (Mathematics)

Research

Kalsoom is currently working towards her PhD with a focus on Creativity in Mathematics Education

Publications

Recent publications

Article

O'Leary, C, Akhtar, K, Marley, B & Wingfield, E 2024, 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: A Case Study into the selection of Literature in Higher Education', Education in Practice, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 50-60. <https://heyzine.com/flip-book/73b0b38aee.html>

Wilson, K, Whatmore, T, Smith, N, Saunders, V, O'Leary, C, Marley, B, Hobday, S, Chung, S & Akhtar, K 2024, 'What mentors do and why relationships matter: Perceptions of effective mentoring practices', Teacher Education Advancement Network , pp. 43-57. <https://ojs.cumbria.ac.uk/index.php/TEAN/article/view/730>

Chapter

Akhtar, K, Amess, M, Marley, B, O'Leary, C & Wingfield, E 2024, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion through Children's Literature in Higher Education. in A Goodwyn, J Manuel, C Durrant, W Sawyer, M George & M Shoffner (eds), English Language Arts as an Emancipatory Subject: International Perspectives on Justice and Equity in the English Classroom . 1 edn, Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 102-115. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003470052-10

Other contribution

Wilson, K, Akhtar, K, Braim, B, Chung, S, Marley, B, O'Leary, C, Saunders, V, Smith, N & Whatmore, T 2023, Better together: Enhancing professional learning about mentoring through research and collaboration. CollectivED.

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