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Principals’ perceptions and expectations of Primary Teachers with a specialisation in mathematics

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posted on 2023-05-23, 13:38 authored by McMaster, H, Way, J, Bobis, J, Kim Beswick
This study explored the perspectives of primary principals, as they consider the prospect of employing new teachers with a ‘specialisation’ in mathematics. Structured interviews were conducted with six NSW principals across school sectors. Analysis of the data revealed the nature of ‘specialist’ roles in a school depended heavily on current funding arrangements and the levels of existing expertise. The traits that principals wanted new specialists to have formed three strong themes: knowledge for teaching mathematics, personal attributes, and relationships with others – with leadership qualities anticipated across all three. We raise questions about the preparation of graduates to meet the expectations of schools.

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Publication title

Proceedings of the 41st annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia

Editors

J Hunter, P Perger, L Darragh

Pagination

551-558

ISBN

978-1-920846-28-2

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc.

Place of publication

Australia

Event title

MERGA 41

Event Venue

Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Event (Start Date)

2018-07-01

Date of Event (End Date)

2018-07-05

Rights statement

Copyright © 2018 MERGA Inc

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Other education and training not elsewhere classified

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