Imagine if you enrolled your child in swimming lessons but instead of a qualified swimming instructor, they were taught freestyle technique by a soccer coach.
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Students with expert maths teachers scored significantly higher on an international maths test than any other group. But a student’s level of advantage also affects assessment scores.
Many students in Australia don’t have access to specialist teachers in science and maths, and the problem is only getting worse.
Australia continues to be plagued with high numbers of teachers teaching subjects they are not qualified to teach, according to the latest Australian Council for Education Research report
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Deputy CEO (Research), Australian Council for Educational Research
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Honorary Associate, School of Physics, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Education (Science Education), Deakin University
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Professor of Statistics and Director, Statistical Consulting Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Mathematics and Mathematics Education, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Professor of Education, University of the Sunshine Coast