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Wescott, Stephanie – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2021
Post-truthism entered mainstream consciousness after being named "Oxford Dictionary's" word of the year in 2016, denoting a turn in the Western relationship with truth as a certain and indisputable object. Simultaneously, and paradoxically, rising distrust around teachers' professional judgement and a desire for certainty in practice saw…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Knowledge Level, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Evidence Based Practice
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Ferfolja, Tania – Teaching Education, 2009
In a world increasingly globalised, it is crucial that preservice teachers are equipped with a range of pedagogical knowledges, understandings and practices related to diversity and difference. This paper reports on the implementation and learning outcomes of a teacher preparation initiative in an Australian university called Refugee Action…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Refugees
Thornton, Steve; Hogan, John – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
Numeracy can be defined as having the competence and disposition to use mathematics to meet the general demands of life at home, in paid work, and for participation in community and civic life (Willis 1992). An important aspect of developing the capacity to use mathematics in everyday life is, for students at school, to use mathematics to meet the…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Mathematics Skills, Reflective Teaching, Research Methodology
Price, Alison – Mathematics Teaching, 2002
With the introduction of the latest national curriculum, using and applying mathematics retained its attainment target within the level descriptions, but the programme of study was integrated into the programmes of study for curriculum content (number, shape, space, and measures). This brought it in line with the national numeracy strategy, which…
Descriptors: Numeracy, National Curriculum, Problem Solving, Educational Strategies
Brown, Margaret – 2002
I describe a major research program on primary mathematics in the UK, the Leverhulme Numeracy Research Program, and give a sample of some of the preliminary results. The program combines large-scale longitudinal survey and case studies, quantitative and qualitative data, and observation and intervention studies in order to try to ascertain how and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
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Baturo, Annette – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2004
In this article, the author presents findings of a project that focused on identifying elements in the learning environment that promote numeracy outcomes. The project--"Numeracy Research and Development Initiative"--was undertaken in eight schools across a range of settings within the three schooling systems in Queensland and was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, College School Cooperation