The Teaching Statistics Trust is funding a 1-year research project to investigate how well qualified new teacher trainees are in statistics knowledge and pedagogy for secondary education.
The aims are to:
- survey the extent and form of UK:
- PGCE Mathematics/MEC courses;
- PGCE courses in other relevant subjects;
- BEd courses with respect to the delivery of statistics content and pedagogy.
- survey a range of newly qualified teachers, trainee teachers and education lecturers about their attitudes to and knowledge of teaching statistics;
The objectives are to:
- identify and catalogue mathematics teacher training courses and highlight those that pay attention to statistics knowledge or pedagogy;
- classify the entry profiles of students to such courses, particularly their statistics backgrounds;
- identify how the statistics content is delivered and the nature of the attention paid to statistical thinking and reasoning (as opposed to mathematical thinking and reasoning) for UK PGCE/MEC secondary courses in mathematics and other relevant subjects;
- identify and synthesise elements of good practice in statistics knowledge and pedagogy delivery within UK PGCE/MEC courses and BEd courses and disseminate findings.
The work is being carried out by the RSSCSE and results will be posted on this page as and when they become available.
You can download a PDF for more information here.
