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Dept.BioNameInformation
ACESviewIan GibsonLearning, leading and teaching futures in technology rich, diverse, global learning environments.
ACESviewGreg Robertson
  • literacy and literacy development
  • classroom assessment
  • teaching and learning communities
  • teacher change

 

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EDUCviewMichael Cavanagh

I am currently working on a project entitled Mathematics teachers' responses to recent curriculum change. The project is funded by a Macquarie University New Staff Grant and I intend to investigate how the new Mathematics 7-10 Syllabus is being implemented in secondary schools across New South Wales.

I am also working with a colleague, Dr. Anne Prescott from the University of Technology Sydney, on a research project which considers how pre-service teachers begin to develop their classroom practice. The project title is In a class of their own: Issues confronted by pre-service and beginning teachers of mathematics as they enter the profession. The project is funded by a School of Education Internal Grant. 

My other research interests include integrating the use of technology, particularly graphics calculators, into mathematics instruction. In particular, I am interested in likely misconceptions associated with using graphics calculators to display and interpret graphs.

I am also interested in mathematics teacher education programs and how best to assist beginning teachers integrate the ideas associated with the Working Mathematically strand of the new syllabus in the classroom.

I am a member of the Centre for Research in Mathematics and Science Education (CRiMSE) at Macquarie University and lead the Mathematics Teaching research group.
EDUCviewGeorge Cooney

I have a wide range of research interests, ranging from research methodology, educational policy and measurement to post-school destinations and decision making in adolescents. Over the years I have collaborated with researchers in diverse areas including psychology, education, medicine and criminology. My publications record reflects this broad range of interests.

In 2006 I completed a Review of NSW Assessment Practice for the NSW Minister of Education and Training in the context of changes occurring at the national level.

In 2007 I was a member of the panel conducting a national review of Numeracy for the Commonwealth Government.

I have successfully supervised research students in education and psychology across a broad range of topics.
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