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Downton, Ann; Cheeseman, Jill; Roche, Anne – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2022
School mathematics leaders have an important role supporting teachers to improve student-learning outcomes, yet little is known about their professional goals or the challenges they face. The study reported in this paper examined school mathematics leaders' views by analysing the qualitative responses of 193 primary and secondary leaders to two…
Descriptors: Objectives, Barriers, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries
Livy, Sharyn; Yanni, Marie; Downton, Ann; Muir, Tracey – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2019
This paper reports on a mathematics leader who participated as a co-teacher alongside a teacher educator in a university classroom. The collaboration was designed to bring the profession into the university. Case study research design and qualitative methods were used to analyse written self-reflections, transcripts of interviews and the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Knowledge Level, Team Teaching, Teacher Collaboration
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Sexton, Matt; Downton, Ann – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2014
It is not uncommon in many Australian primary schools for a teaching staff member to undertake the leadership or coordination of mathematics in his or her school. Some research (e.g., Cheeseman & Clarke, 2005) suggests that coordinators and leaders play an important role in the leadership and management of mathematics teaching and learning in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Faculty Development