Professional Learning

Thanks to all those who contributed in such a short timeline. There are some references I have not integrated into the document yet but will use to inform coming before the inquiry.

Big thankyou to Judy Anderson, Janette Bobis, and Jenni Way without whose draft chapter for the next MERGA 4 Yearly Review I would not have been able to produce such a comprehensive response.

Categories Identified Re Professional Learning

Focus: (d) determining how best practice in ongoing professional learning for teachers [of mathematics] can be delivered into schools and learning communities

Categories Identified Reflective teachers can progress their own learning Teacher release time to work in teams to develop

and reflect upon lessons Postgraduate education qualifications/ Action

research of own practice Professional development spread over time rather

than ‘one-of’ sessions Partnerships with university educators over time Support from school administration

Thankyou to Judy Anderson

An enormous thankyou to Judy Anderson for representing MERGA’s

views so eloquently at the Parliamentary Inquiry