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Gorman, Vanessa; O'Keeffe, Lisa; Albrecht, Amie; McPhee, Jarrad – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2023
It is well accepted and understood amongst the mathematics education community that numeracy is the responsibility of all teachers, across all levels of schooling. However, the way numeracy is understood and actioned across the Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary contexts is different. This paper reports on a case study of secondary school…
Descriptors: Barriers, Numeracy, Mathematics Instruction, Case Studies
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Vale, Colleen; Roche, Anne; Cheeseman, Jill; Gervasoni, Ann; Livy, Sharyn; Downton, Ann – School Leadership & Management, 2023
Leading school mathematics is a complex task and the responsibilities and activities involved are not always clearly defined. School mathematics leaders (SML) in Australian schools are often expected to lead improvement in mathematics teaching and learning. Previous research typically focuses on the qualities of effective leaders rather than the…
Descriptors: Middle Management, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods
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Roberts, Pauline; Barblett, Lennie; Robinson, Ken – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2019
National Assessment Program for Numeracy and Literacy (NAPLAN) is the national assessment programme for literacy and numeracy in Australia administered to children in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 each year. The testing process was introduced in 2008 and is described by the developers as low stakes, however, research has highlighted that this is not the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, National Competency Tests, Literacy
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Hardy, Ian – Journal of Education Policy, 2021
Drawing upon recent theorising of numbers and data, and applications to schooling, this paper reveals how tensions between more accountability-oriented logics, and more contextually-situated conceptions of engagement with data, played out in one school in a regional community in northern Queensland, Australia. The research reveals that at the same…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Accountability, Faculty Development, Academic Achievement
Tamburri, Sarah; Mildenhall, Paula; Budgen, Fiona – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2019
Researchers and policy makers agree that all children can learn mathematics and that teachers play an important role in student learning. This phenomenological study interviewed 12 primary school teachers, providing insights into their experience and perspectives of mathematics education, highlighting the challenges and successes experienced by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Sue Creagh; Skye Playsted; Anna Hogan; Tae-Hee Choi; Bob Lingard – TESOL in Context, 2023
Privatisation and commercialisation in education encompass a range of interrelated practices, including the outsourcing of educational services as well as increased reliance on commercially produced resources for the delivery of learning and assessment. An increase in these practices has accompanied the shift from centralised systemic management…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers