Doctor Catherine Attard
LECTURER,
Primary Education (SoE)
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD University of Western Sydney
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Primary Education (SoE)
Professional Memberships
- Mathematical Association of New South Wales (MANSW) (2002-02-01)
Contact
| Email: | C.Attard@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 6630 |
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| Location: | 4.1.16 Bankstown |
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Biography
Catherine lectures in primary mathematics pedagogy and comes from a primary teaching background. Her research is focused on engagement with mathematics and issues surrounding the pedagogical practices that influence students' engagement. Catherine is currently researching the effective use of mobile technologies to enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics and the effectiveness of sustained professional development on building teacher capacity and improving student learning outcomes. She is also involved in the 'Fair Go Bridges' project, investigating engagement of students in greater western Sydney. Catherine is also interested in promoting numeracy development during the early years, in line with the Early Years Learning Framework. Catherine regularly presents workshops and keynotes nationally and is an executive member of the Mathematical Association of New South Wales and secretary of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. She is also the current editor of the national journal, Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Attard.
Interests
- Primary Mathematics Pedagogy, Technology, Engagement
Awards
- College of Arts Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 2010-06-08
- UWS Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 2012-12-10
Committees
- Academic Senate
Publications
Books
- White, A. and Attard, C. (2012), 'Primary mathematics: The future starts today!', : Mathematics Association of New South Wales 9780646589893.
Chapters in Books
- Attard, C. (2012), 'The Affective Domain and Mathematics Education', Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia: Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2008-2011, Sense 9789460919688.
- Lomas, G., Grootenboer, P. and Attard, C. (2012), 'The Affective Domain and Mathematics Education', Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia: Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2008-2011, Sense 9789460919688.
- Lomas, G., Grootenboer, P. and Attard, C. (2012), 'The Affective Domain and Mathematics Education', Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia: Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2008-2011, Sense 9789460919688.
- Lomas, G., Grootenboer, P. and Attard, C. (2012), 'The affective domain and mathematics education', Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2008-2011, Sense 9789460919688.
- Attard, C. (2012), 'The influence of pedagogy on student engagement with mathematics during the middle years of schooling', Transforming School Mathematics in the 21st Century, Seamo Recsam 9789679300239.
Journal Articles
- Attard, C. (2012), 'Engagement with mathematics: What does it mean and what does it look like?', Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 5.
- Attard, C. (2012), 'Engagement with mathematics : what does it mean and what does it look like?', Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 5.
- Attard, C. (2012), 'Transition from primary to secondary school mathematics : students' perceptions', Southeast Asian Mathematics Education Journal, 11.
- Attard, C. (2012), 'Applying a framework for engagement with mathematics in the primary classroom', Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 6.
- Attard, C. (2011), '"My favourite subject is maths. For some reason no-one really agrees with me": Student perspectives of mathematics teaching and learning in the upper primary classroom', Mathematics Education Research Journal, 15.
- Attard, C. (2011), 'Technology in the middle years mathematics classroom: Technology driving pedagogy or pedagogy driving technology?', Reflections, 2.
- Attard, C. (2011), 'Engagement with Mathematics: The Influence of Teachers', Southeast Asian Mathematics Education Journal, 9.
- Attard, C. and Flanagan, L. (2010), 'Investigating ways: Using mathematics investigations to support mathematical thinking in the primary classroom', Reflections, 4.
- Attard, C. (2008), 'Motivation and Engagement in Middle School Mathematics', Reflections, 5.
- Attard, C. and Mcdaid, K. (2008), 'Tasks to Motivate and Engage During the Middle Years', Reflections, 5.
Conference Papers
- Attard, C. and Curry, C. (2012), 'Exploring the use of iPads to Engage Young Students with Mathematics', Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Singapore.
- Attard, C. and Curry, C. (2012), 'Exploring the use of iPads to engage young students with mathematics', Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. Conference, Singapore.
- Attard, C. (2011), 'The influence of teachers on student engagement with mathematics during the middle years', 34th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc., Alice Springs.
- Attard, C. (2010), 'Students' Experiences of Mathematics During the Transition from Primary to Secondary School', The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australia (MERGA33), Fremantle.
- Attard, C. (2009), ''My favourite subject is maths. For some reason no-one really agrees with me': What Year 6 students say about mathematics', MERGA32 Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
- Attard, C. (2009), 'Student Perspectives of Mathematics Teaching and Learning in the Upper Primary Classroom', Third International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (CoSMED 2009), Penang, Malaysia.
- Attard, C. (2007), 'Improving the motivation and attitudes of boys in upper primary school through the use of student directed learning: An action research report', Second International Conference on Science and Mathematics Education: CoSMEd 2007, Penang Malaysia.
Research
Current Projects
| Title: | Implementing, Documenting and Evaluating an Action Research Model of Engagement in Schools in Greater Western Sydney |
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| Years: | 2012-08-01 - 2014-12-31 |
| ID: | P00021075 |
| UWS Researchers: | Geoff Munns, Wayne Sawyer and Catherine Attard |
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Previous Projects
| Title: | The Impact of (i) Technologies to Support Student Engagement with Mathematics in the Primary Classroom |
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| Years: | 2011-09-13 - 2012-09-12 |
| ID: | P00020408 |
| UWS Researchers: | Catherine Attard and Geoff Munns |
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