Anne Bennison is a teacher educator and mathematics education researcher. Over the twenty years she has been involved in mathematics education, she has taught in secondary and tertiary settings. She is interested in the professional learning of both pre-service and in-service teachers, and how teachers translate their professional learning experiences into classroom practice. Her current research interests include finding ways to support teachers to promote numeracy learning across the curriculum, interdisciplinary collaboration in Initial Teacher Education, and sustainability and scalability of professional development initiatives.
Anne is a member of the Numeracy Across the Curriculum Research Team that was awarded a Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) Research Award for outstanding contribution to mathematics education research in 2017. She was an Early Career Intern Editor for the Australian Educational Researcher in 2018-2019. She currently holds the role of Vice President (Publications) for MERGA.
Professional memberships
- Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
- Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers
- Australian Association for Research in Education
Awards
- Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mathematics Education Research, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2017
- Dean’s Award for Outstanding Higher Degree by Research Theses (UQ), 2016
- Carolyn D Baker Memorial Scholarship (School of Education, UQ), 2014.
- Postgraduate Student Researcher Award (Australian Association for Research in Education), 2013
Research Grants
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Grant/project name |
Investigators |
Funding body & Amount |
Years |
Focus of research |
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Numeracy teaching across the curriculum in Queensland: Resources for teachers |
M Goos, A Bennison (University of Queensland), V. Geiger (Australian Catholic University) |
Queensland College of Teachers ($40,079) |
2014-2015 |
Audit existing resources for teaching numeracy across the curriculum and develop resources to address identified gaps. |
|
Curriculum reform in school mathematics: Building capacity for mathematics teacher professional learning |
S. Dole, M. Goos, E. Ross, M. Marshman, A. Bennison (University of the Sunshine Coast) |
Independent Schools Queensland ($20,000) |
2022-2023 |
Develop capacity-building approaches that help schools implement the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics and provide an evidence-based analysis of school leadership practices that successfully engage mathematics teachers in professional learning activities aligned with curriculum change. |
Research areas
- Mathematics Education
- Numeracy across the curriculum
- Teacher Professional Learning
Teaching areas
- School Mathematics (curriculum and pedagogy)
- Numeracy across the Curriculum
- Educational research methods
Bennison, A. (2022). Using zone theory to understand teacher identity as an embedder-of-numeracy: An analytical framework. Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 50(2), 171-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2020.1828821
Bennison, A., Goos, M, & Geiger, V. (2020). Developing research-informed online resources to support teacher professional learning on embedding numeracy across the curriculum. ZDM Mathematics Education, 52(5), 1017-1031. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-020-01140-2
Bennison, A., & Geiger, V. (2020). STEM and Numeracy in the Australian Curriculum. In J. Anderson & Y. Li (Eds.) Integrated approaches to STEM Education: An International perspective, (pp. 117-136). Springer. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52229-2_7
Goos, M., Geiger, V., Dole, S., Forgasz, H., & Bennison, A., (2020). Enhancing numeracy teaching and learning across the curriculum. Routledge.
Goos, M. & Bennison, A. (2019) A zone theory approach to analysing identity formation in mathematics teachers and teacher educators. ZDM Mathematics Education, 51, 405-418. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-018-1011-8
Goos, M. & Bennison, A. (2018). Boundary crossing and brokering between disciplines in pre-service mathematics teacher education. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 30(3), 255-275. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-017-0232-4
Bennison, A. (2015). Supporting teachers to embed numeracy across the curriculum: A sociocultural approach. ZDM – Mathematics Education, 47(4), 561-573. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-015-0706-3
Bennison, A. (2015). Developing an analytic lens for investigating identity as an embedder-of-numeracy. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 27, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-014-0129-4
Dr Anne Bennison's specialist areas of knowledge include Mathematics Education, Numeracy across the curriculum and Teacher Professional Learning