Veronica Poku BA PGCE MA
Veronica is a lecturer on the primary PGCE, leads the Maths course and is currently Head of Primary Partnership. She has taught in Higher Education since 2005, having taught on both the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in ITE (Initital Teacher Education).
Prior to that, Veronica had extensive experience in primary schools. She taught for 10 years in schools within multicultural settings. She was a leading maths teacher for Merton, classteacher, maths co-ordinator and a senior manager within the school.
As part of her masters, Veronica’s previous interests included setting in a maths classroom and the resultant effect on children’s experiences and scores.
As part of her doctoral studies, her current research interests focus on the experiences of African and African-Caribbean students on ITE courses.