About
Biography
Merrilyn Goos is a mathematics educator and mathematics education researcher who has worked in universities in Australia, the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Following her first career as a food technologist, she taught mathematics, chemistry, and food science in secondary schools and technical colleges in Australia before moving to the university sector as a teacher educator. Her academic research has investigated students’ mathematical thinking, the impact of digital technologies on mathematics learning and teaching, numeracy across the curriculum and across the lifespan, the professional learning and development of mathematics teachers and mathematics teacher educators, curriculum and assessment reform in schools and higher education, and gender equity in STEM education.
Merrilyn has served as Editor-in-Chief of Educational Studies in Mathematics, one of the two highest ranking international journals in mathematics education research, and she is founding co-Editor-in-Chief of Research in Integrated STEM Education, a new journal to be published by Brill from 2023. She has held leadership roles in mathematics education at the State, national and international levels, serving as Vice-President (Professional Development) of the Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers, President of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, and currently as Vice-President of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction. She is a Life Member of the Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers.
Merrilyn’s research has been supported by numerous grants from the Australian Research Council and the Office for Learning and Teaching, as well as other Australian public sector organisations. While working in Ireland she was awarded research funding from the EU Horizon 2020 scheme, Erasmus+, Science Foundation Ireland, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, the Department of Education and Skills, the Higher Education Authority, the National Adult Literacy Agency, and the Irish Teaching Council. She is the lead author of Teaching Secondary School Mathematics (Routledge), which in 2008 won an Australian Award for Excellence in Education Publishing, and she has co-authored or co-edited books on numeracy across the curriculum and mathematics.
Teaching areas
- Mathematics education (curriculum and pedagogy)
- Numeracy across the curriculum
- Educational research methods
Professional memberships
- Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
- International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
- Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- British Society for Research on Learning Mathematics
- American Educational Research Association
- International Federation of National Teaching Fellows
Awards/Fellowships
- Career Research Medal for sustained and distinguished achievement in mathematics education, awarded by Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2022
- Life Membership, Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers, 2021
- Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mathematics Education Research, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2017
- Associate Fellow, Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2006
- Australian Award for University Teaching, 2004
- Award for Excellence in Teaching, The University of Queensland, 2003
- Practical Implications Award, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2000
- Early Career Award, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 1993