A comparison of teacher and lecturer perspectives on the transition from secondary to tertiary mathematics education
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Sergiy Klymchuk; Johanna McHardy; Ye Yoon Hong; Peter Watson; Mike Thomas; Suzanne Kerr; Sue Spencer; Priscilla Murphy
- Source
- International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. 40:877-889
- Subject
- Scrutiny
Higher education
business.industry
Applied Mathematics
Transition (fiction)
Teaching method
Perspective (graphical)
Educational technology
Education
Mathematics (miscellaneous)
Tertiary study
Mathematics education
Faculty development
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1464-5211
0020-739X
The transition from school to tertiary study of mathematics comes under increasing scrutiny in research. This article reports on some findings from a project analysing the transition from secondary to tertiary education in mathematics. One key variable in this transition is the teacher or lecturer. This article deals with a small part of the data from the project-analysing secondary teachers' and lecturers' responses to questions on the differences they perceive between school and university and the importance of calculus, a bridging content. The results provide evidence of similarities and differences in the thinking of teachers and lecturers about the transition process. They also show that each group lacks a clear understanding of the issues involved in the transition from the other's perspective, and there is a great need for improved communication between the two sectors.