A group of teacher education experts have questioned a Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) paper that argues that beginning teachers are not being trained in evidence-based teaching practices for mathematics. Dr Dung Tran, Associate Professor Michael Cavanagh and Professor Rebecca ...

Australian mathematics teachers are comfortable with the idea that students are struggling in the classroom, with many believing it builds resilience and helps develop problem-solving skills. In fact, almost a third of teachers feel the process of struggling is central ...

The Australian Mathematical Science Institute’s (AMSI) latest report argues that gender inequity and imbalance will jeopardise the nation’s intellectual capability, compromising both post-coronavirus recovery and future responses to pandemics. The report coincides with the 2020 International Women in Mathematics Day, ...

Notre Dame University has announced a postgraduate program to retrain teachers in mathematics after it was announced the NSW government will make maths a compulsory subject in years 11 and 12 and prospective primary school teachers will need to achieve ...

Australia is facing “a crisis” in secondary schools as student populations swell and the shortage in maths-qualified teachers continues, according to the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI). In its latest report, entitled Australian Secondary Mathematics Teacher Shortfalls: A Deepening Crisis, ...

Kurdistan is normally in the news for negative, war-related reasons. Not this time. A Kurdish refugee has been award the 'Nobel prize of mathematics': a Fields Medal. Caucher Birkar was granted asylum in the UK after obtaining an undergraduate degree in Iran. ...

Charles Sturt University (CSU) academics have rewritten sections of mathematics history by studying Indigenous mathematic systems in the Pacific. School of Teacher Education senior lecturer and researcher, Dr Kay Owens, led the study of Indigenous people in Papua New Guinea, ...