Developing Pre-service Teachers’ Understanding of Numeracy

Anne Bennison

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Developing Pre-service Teachers’ Understanding of Numeracy

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Developing Pre-service Teachers’ Understanding of Numeracy

Anne Bennison

Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.82-89

Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 44th (Launceston, Australia, 03-Jul-2022–07-Jul-2022)

Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)

2022

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In Australia, all teachers are expected to explicitly attend to numeracy in the subjects they teach. Pre-service teachers, therefore, need to begin to develop effective numeracy teaching strategies but there is a limited research base to inform the design of courses that address this need. This paper reports on findings from a study investigating the impact of one such course. The paper draws on data from two pre-service teachers: two course tasks completed at the beginning of the course and interviews conducted at the end of the course. Data were analysed using the 21st Century Numeracy Model. Findings suggest there were changes to the pre-service teachers’ understanding of numeracy and their capacity to embed numeracy in the subjects they will teach.

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Title: Developing Pre-service Teachers’ Understanding of Numeracy
Authors: Anne Bennison (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education and Tertiary Access
Publication details: Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.82-89
Conference details: Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 44th (Launceston, Australia, 03-Jul-2022–07-Jul-2022)
Publisher: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Date published: 2022
Copyright note: 2022 Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc. Reproduced here with the permission in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy.
Organisation Unit: School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99669898802621
Output Type: Conference paper

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