Add to ORKGThis study explored the perspectives of primary principals, as they consider the prospect ofemploying new teachers with a ‘specialisation’ in mathematics. Structured interviews wereconducted with six NSW principals across school sectors. Analysis of the data revealed thenature of ‘specialist’ roles in a school depended heavily on current funding arrangementsand the levels of existing expertise. The traits that principals wanted new specialists to haveformed three strong themes: knowledge for teaching mathematics, personal attributes, andrelationships with others – with leadership qualities anticipated across all three. We raisequestions about the preparation of graduates to meet the expectations of schools
This study focuses on upper primary prospective teachers in their first years of a teacher education...
This study is situated at a time of political and educational change, whereby a need for improvement...
Recent research into teacher effectiveness has identified marked differences in the effects diffe...
This study explored the perspectives of primary principals, as they consider the prospect ofemployin...
Traditionally Australian primary school teachers have been viewed as generalists responsible for ins...
Trainee teachers on one year postgraduate training courses (PGCE in England) have little time to dev...
In all primary initial teacher education programs, there is an underlying assumption that teacher ed...
This report examines the characteristics of mathematics teaching in Australian secondary schools – t...
The delivery of the primary curriculum has been subject to recent debate in Western countries. In Au...
Teacher education programs are pivotal in the professional preparation and formation of pre-service ...
In recent times there have been calls for a national approach to Teacher Education. The Australian F...
The importance of good mastery of specialised mathematics knowledge for mathematics teachers and pro...
In 2014, the Australian Government established the Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group (TEM...
In response to issues of developing effective teachers of mathematics, this paper investigates the f...
In this paper the priorities that second year education students hold for primary mathematics conten...
This study focuses on upper primary prospective teachers in their first years of a teacher education...
This study is situated at a time of political and educational change, whereby a need for improvement...
Recent research into teacher effectiveness has identified marked differences in the effects diffe...
This study explored the perspectives of primary principals, as they consider the prospect ofemployin...
Traditionally Australian primary school teachers have been viewed as generalists responsible for ins...
Trainee teachers on one year postgraduate training courses (PGCE in England) have little time to dev...
In all primary initial teacher education programs, there is an underlying assumption that teacher ed...
This report examines the characteristics of mathematics teaching in Australian secondary schools – t...
The delivery of the primary curriculum has been subject to recent debate in Western countries. In Au...
Teacher education programs are pivotal in the professional preparation and formation of pre-service ...
In recent times there have been calls for a national approach to Teacher Education. The Australian F...
The importance of good mastery of specialised mathematics knowledge for mathematics teachers and pro...
In 2014, the Australian Government established the Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group (TEM...
In response to issues of developing effective teachers of mathematics, this paper investigates the f...
In this paper the priorities that second year education students hold for primary mathematics conten...
This study focuses on upper primary prospective teachers in their first years of a teacher education...
This study is situated at a time of political and educational change, whereby a need for improvement...
Recent research into teacher effectiveness has identified marked differences in the effects diffe...