Professor Vince Geiger Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE) Australian Catholic University
Principal Investigator
Vince Geiger is a professor of mathematics education and the Director of the STEM Education: Design and Growth Across the Disciplines program within ILSTE – an interdisciplinary research space focused on the enabling and transformative role of mathematics within the STEM disciplines and other areas of human endeavour. His interests within mathematics education include: inclusive teaching practices that promote numeracy capability; how students learn to use mathematics when solving real world problems; the role of technology in learning/teaching; STEM learning, teaching and leadership; the principles of task design and implementation; and initial teacher education and teacher professional learning. Vince had a successful 22-year career as a secondary school teacher of mathematics and science during which he held national positions such as President of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers and Chair of the National Education Forum. His work is driven by awareness that the capacity to know and use mathematics confidently is important for an individual's career prospects and their empowerment as informed citizens. This awareness has inspired over 100 research publications.
Associate Professor Gloria Stillman Faculty of Education and Arts Australian Catholic University
Chief Investigator
Chief Investigator Gloria Stillman is an Associate Professor in Mathematics Education in Australian Catholic University’s School of Education in Ballarat (Victoria). Gloria’s expertise is in researching the teaching, learning and assessing of real-world applications and mathematical modelling and includes work on metacognition and anticipation. She is an internationally recognised and active member of the mathematics education community – a past president of the International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling and Applications (ICTMA) from 2013-2019 and is the series editor (with Prof. Gabriele Kaiser) on the Springer Book series, International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling. She has published extensively including in the field of mathematical modelling and applications.
Dr Jill Brown Faculty of Arts and Education Deakin University
Chief Investigator
One of the four Chief Investigators, Dr Jill Brown is a senior lecturer Mathematics Education at Deakin University, having previously been at ACU, Melbourne 2006-2019. Her research interests include the teaching, learning and assessing of real-world applications and mathematical modelling, functions and modelling in technology-rich environments, affordances, zone theory, reasoning and anything that furthers our understanding of teaching and learning mathematics. Jill is on the Expert Panel of the International Mathematical Modelling Challenge. This panel sets the task and judges the entries. She is also involved with the Australian version of the Challenge, judging and selecting the two team reports to be submitted to the international level of the IMMC. She has many publications related to mathematical modelling, implementing real-world tasks and digital technology use by teachers and students and has been on the International Executive of ICTMA since 2013.
Honorary Professor Peter Galbraith School of Education University of Queensland
Chief Investigator
Peter’s background encompasses modelling experience in the fields of fluid dynamics and system dynamics. Through teaching mathematics at school and university, he developed a passion for the teaching and learning of modelling as a means of empowering students with abilities not achievable through passive consumption of mathematics. He has published extensively in the fields of System Dynamics and Education, within the latter on collaborative learning, technology use in mathematics teaching, and the learning and teaching of mathematical modelling. Activity in the latter area extends over more than thirty years and includes the design and implementation of modelling tasks informed by research and practice covering both mathematical and educational priorities. Peter is a past president of the International Community for the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling and Applications (ICTMA), and of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA); and is a recipient of the MERGA Career Research Medal.
Professor Emeritus Mogens Niss Department of Science and Environment Roskilde University, Denmark
Partner Investigator
Professor Mogens Niss was trained as a pure mathematician at the University of Copenhagen, where he stayed during the first years of his academic career and in 1972 was a founding staff member of Roskilde University (Denmark), where he still works, now as an emeritus professor. His research interests gradually turned towards mathematics education, especially concerning the justification problem in mathematics education, mathematical applications and modelling, competencies, assessment, and the nature and development of mathematics education. Recently he has focused on mathematical learning difficulties of high school students, where he has established (together with two colleagues) a research-based in-service course for high school teachers, also including mathematical modelling. He has been deeply involved in international collaboration in mathematics education, especially as the Secretary General of ICMI (1991-1998), and as a member of the OECD-PISA mathematics expert group (1998-2012). He is currently a member of the Organising Committee for the International Mathematical Modelling Challenge (IMMC).