Merrilyn Goos

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Merrilyn Goos
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Professor Merrilyn Goos in 2019
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Merrilyn Goos

 (2024-02-13UTC19:19:48)
NationalityAustralian
Scientific career
Institutions University of Limerick

Merrilyn Goos is an Australian mathematics educator. From October 2017 to June 2021, she was Professor of STEM Education and Director of EPI*STEM at the University of Limerick, Ireland. [1] She then returned to Queensland to take up a position at the University of the Sunshine Coast. [2]

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From 2012-2017 Goos was professor and head of the School of Education at the University of Queensland, [3] [4] and prior to this was Director of the Teaching and Educational Development Institute at The University of Queensland. [3] She has taught in mathematics education and in 2003 she received the university's Award for Excellence in Teaching. [3] [5]

Qualifications

Goos has Associate and Licentiate Teachers Diplomas in Speech and Drama from Trinity College London, a B.Sc., Diploma, Master's degree in educational studies, and Ph.D. from the University of Queensland, and a Graduate Diploma in Reading from Griffith University. [3]

Professional associations

Goos was president of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, past vice-president of the Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers, and past chair of the Queensland Studies Authority's Mathematics Syllabus Advisory Committee. [6]

In 2004 she won an Office for Learning and Teaching teaching award for her work as a mathematics teacher educator, and in 2006 was awarded national fellowships to investigate assessment leadership in higher education institutions. [7]

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References

  1. "Professor Merrilyn Goos". EPI*STEM. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. Professor Merrilyn Goos The University of the Sunshine Coast
  3. 1 2 3 4 "UQ Researchers". The University of Queensland. The University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. "Enhancing students' mathematical aspirations and mathematical literacy as the foundation for improving STEM learning". Proceedings of the Research Conference. Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER): 69–72. 2016.
  5. "Award for excellence in teaching - Dr Merrilyn Goos". The University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  6. "Evaluators, AAMT". The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  7. The Australian Learning and Teaching Fellows' Network: a collaborative resource for higher education (PDF). Sydney: Office for Learning and Teaching. 2013. p. 67. ISBN   9781922218896.