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Principals’ perceptions and expectations of Primary Teachers with a specialisation in mathematics
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 13:38 authored by McMaster, H, Way, J, Bobis, J, Kim BeswickThis 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.
History
Publication title
Proceedings of the 41st annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of AustralasiaEditors
J Hunter, P Perger, L DarraghPagination
551-558ISBN
978-1-920846-28-2Department/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc.Place of publication
AustraliaEvent title
MERGA 41Event Venue
Auckland, New ZealandDate of Event (Start Date)
2018-07-01Date of Event (End Date)
2018-07-05Rights statement
Copyright © 2018 MERGA IncRepository Status
- Open