Book chapter
Digital technologies in the Australian curriculum: mathematics-a lost opportunity?
Engaging the Australian curriculum mathematics: Perspectives from the field, pp.135-152
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Inc.
2012
Abstract
The initial framing documents that informed development of the Australian Curriculum – Mathematics noted that digital technologies could offer new ways of teaching and learning mathematics that help deepen students’ understanding. This chapter examines the extent to which this aim has been achieved. It uses two research-based frameworks to analyse the technology messages in the publicly available versions of the Foundation to Year 10 and senior secondary mathematics curricula. The first framework uses the metaphors of master, servant, partner, and extension of self to gauge the extent to which technology transforms teaching and learning roles. The second classifies pedagogical opportunities afforded by technology in terms of changes to tasks, classroom interactions, and the subject of mathematics itself. In all curricula, expected uses of technology were found to be mostly consistent with the servant metaphor in that technology was referred to as a more efficient method for calculating or graphing. Pedagogical opportunities afforded by the curriculum were typically restricted to the level of tasks, where technology could be used to link representations or work with real data. Thus in this new curriculum for Australian schools, the potential for technology to support new classroom practices and curriculum goals remains unfulfilled.
Details
- Title
- Digital technologies in the Australian curriculum: mathematics-a lost opportunity?
- Authors
- Merrilyn Goos (Author) - University of Queensland
- Contributors
- B Atweh (Editor) - Curtin UniversityMerrilyn Goos (Editor) - University of QueenslandRobyn Jorgensen (Editor) - University of CanberraD Siemon (Editor)
- Publication details
- Engaging the Australian curriculum mathematics: Perspectives from the field, pp.135-152
- Publisher
- Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Inc.
- ISBN
- 9781920846268
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99569205002621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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