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Programmes
B.Ed. (Primary)
Teaching Area/Interests
When teaching in schools I have taught primarily in the middle school area [Yrs 4 to 6] and with a particular interest in mathematics and the beliefs children held about mathematics in their lives.
At the Faculty of Education I have taught Learning Theories and Assessment of Education within the legacy programme
Research Interests (area & methodologies)
My MEd research focused on children's beliefs about, rather than attitudes to, mathematics both in the school and beyond the school gate - this was investigated through qualitative methodologies.
From this has grown my interest in furthering my understanding of children's beliefs about mathematics and connection-making between the mathematics of the classroom and the mathematics of the world beyond the classroom, with a focus on the use of homework/homestudy worksheets.
Professional Links
- New Zealand Association of Mathematics Teachers
- ASTE
University Committees served on
Faculty of Education: Bachelor of Teaching programme planning committee for EDU 230/231
Qualifications / Degrees
- Diploma of Teaching (Primary) - Auckland Teachers College
- Trained Teachers Certificate - Department of Education
- Higher Diploma of Teacher - Auckland Teachers College
- Advanced Diploma of Teaching - Auckland College of Education
- Postgraduate Diploma of Education - Auckland College of Education
- Master of Education - The University of Auckland
Previous professional experience (prior to present position)
Primary Teacher: Years 0 to 8 in low- and mid-decile schools throughout the Auckland metropolitan area
Lecturer: [seconded from primary service] to Centre for Education, Faculty of Education,The University of Auckland
Other information, interests or things that drive you
Beyond the school gate, my interests range widely across the technologies of the past. I have a particular interest in the technologies of transport, particularly land, because of the dramatic changes brought to society as these technologies developed. I am a Life Member of MoTaT and have been involved with the museum since the late 1960s.
