Junior Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Perspectives on the Transition of Year 7 into Secondary Schooling in Queensland
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Strang, Rebekah
Larkin, Kevin
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2017
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This paper explores the experiences of Junior Secondary teachers in two Queensland schools following the 2015 transition of Year 7 students from primary school to secondary school. There is a well-documented shortage of suitably qualified mathematics teachers in secondary schools in Queensland. A significant concern is that this potential shortage will be worsened with the new cohort of Year 7 students entering secondary schooling, as the demand for qualified mathematics teachers will increase. We use a Teacher Identify Framework to identify whether Junior Secondary mathematics teachers felt their self-reported level of ...
View more >This paper explores the experiences of Junior Secondary teachers in two Queensland schools following the 2015 transition of Year 7 students from primary school to secondary school. There is a well-documented shortage of suitably qualified mathematics teachers in secondary schools in Queensland. A significant concern is that this potential shortage will be worsened with the new cohort of Year 7 students entering secondary schooling, as the demand for qualified mathematics teachers will increase. We use a Teacher Identify Framework to identify whether Junior Secondary mathematics teachers felt their self-reported level of mathematical knowledge was sufficient for this task.
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View more >This paper explores the experiences of Junior Secondary teachers in two Queensland schools following the 2015 transition of Year 7 students from primary school to secondary school. There is a well-documented shortage of suitably qualified mathematics teachers in secondary schools in Queensland. A significant concern is that this potential shortage will be worsened with the new cohort of Year 7 students entering secondary schooling, as the demand for qualified mathematics teachers will increase. We use a Teacher Identify Framework to identify whether Junior Secondary mathematics teachers felt their self-reported level of mathematical knowledge was sufficient for this task.
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Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
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Education systems
Curriculum and pedagogy
Specialist studies in education