Overview
- Brings together for the first time a collection of research-informed proposals on how early-years educators can work with families to promote mathematics learning
- Includes specific advice on the types of interactions and activities within families that promote young children’s mathematics learning
- Demonstrates and underlines the importance of acknowledging families as young children’s first mathematics educators
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Early Mathematics Learning and Development (EMLD)
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Ann Gervasoni is Associate Professor of Numeracy at the Faculty of Education, Monash University in Melbourne. Ann has worked in educational research, teacher education, professional learning and primary teaching for 35 years. She was a member of the research team for the Australian Early Numeracy Research Project (1999-2001) in Victoria, and research director for the Bridging the Numeracy Gap project in Western Australia and Victoria (2009-2010). Ann’s research and scholarship focus on mathematics education in early childhood and primary education, mathematics intervention approaches for students who are mathematically at-risk, and community approaches for supporting the learning of those most vulnerable in our community.
Peter Sullivan, originally a teacher of mathematics, is currently Emeritus Professor at Monash University. He has extensive experience in research and teaching in teacher education. He was a member of the Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences panel of the Australian Research Council College of Experts from 2005 to 2008, and was an editor of the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education for 8 years. He is a past President of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, author of the Shape Paper and lead writer of the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Engaging Families as Children's First Mathematics Educators
Book Subtitle: International Perspectives
Editors: Sivanes Phillipson, Ann Gervasoni, Peter Sullivan
Series Title: Early Mathematics Learning and Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2553-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-2551-8Published: 05 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9648-8Published: 05 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-2553-2Published: 21 November 2016
Series ISSN: 2213-9273
Series E-ISSN: 2213-9281
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 261
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations
Topics: Mathematics Education, Early Childhood Education, International and Comparative Education