Paul Chambers was educated at Cambridge and Nottingham Universities. Subsequently, he worked in three different schools before spending many years recruiting and training teachers of mathematics at one of the largest providers of teacher education in the country. He has worked as external examiner for two universities. He has direct experience of several different programmes of initial teacher education, including full-time and flexible PGCEs and a three-year BSc with Qualified Teacher Status. He is fully conversant with the demands of other routes into teaching, such as School Direct and Teach First programmes. Previous publications include several articles in mathematics magazines for teachers and joint authorship of teachers' packs for AS and A level mathematics. He was one of Her Majesty's Inspectors for nine years.

Chapter 1: Teaching Mathematics
Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Teaching Mathematics
Chapter 3: Planning to Teach a Mathematics Lesson
Chapter 4: The Elements of a Mathematics Lesson
Chapter 5: Learning Mathematics
Chapter 6: Assessment
Chapter 7: Inclusive Teaching
Chapter 8: Teaching Different Topics
Chapter 9: ICT in Mathematics Teaching
Chapter 10: Continuing Professional Development