Impact of a national professional development program on the beliefs and practices of out-of-field teachers of mathematics

Merrilyn Goos; Máire Ní Ríordáin; Ciara  Lane; Fiona Faulkner

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Impact of a national professional development program on the beliefs and practices of out-of-field teachers of mathematics

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Impact of a national professional development program on the beliefs and practices of out-of-field teachers of mathematics

Merrilyn Goos, Máire Ní Ríordáin, Ciara Lane and Fiona Faulkner

Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.316-323

Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 42nd (Perth, Australia, 30-Jun-2019–04-Jul-2019)

Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)

2019

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Abstract

'Out-of-field teaching'

Teaching Across Specialisations (TAS)

out-of-field mathematics teachers in Ireland

the Professional Diploma in Mathematics for Teaching (PDMT)

'Out-of-field teaching' refers to the practice of assigning teachers to teach subjects that do not match their training or education -- an international phenomenon that seems particularly prevalent in mathematics. This paper reports on a study evaluating the impact of a national professional learning program for out-of-field secondary mathematics teachers in Ireland. An online survey investigated teachers' beliefs about mathematics, mathematics teaching and mathematics learning, and changes in teaching practices. These teachers reported largely child-centred beliefs and practices consistent with the problem-solving orientation of the new mathematics curriculum, thus providing some evidence of the program's impact.

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Title: Impact of a national professional development program on the beliefs and practices of out-of-field teachers of mathematics
Authors: Merrilyn Goos (Author) - University of Limerick
Máire Ní Ríordáin (Author) - University College Cork
Ciara Lane (Author) - University of Limerick
Fiona Faulkner (Author) - Technological University Dublin
Publication details: Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.316-323
Conference details: Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 42nd (Perth, Australia, 30-Jun-2019–04-Jul-2019)
Publisher: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Date published: 2019
Copyright note: 2019 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: 99569207202621
Output Type: Conference paper

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