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Goos, Merrilyn; Ní Ríordáin, Máire; Faulkner, Fiona; Lane, Ciara – Irish Educational Studies, 2023
Out-of-field teaching refers to the practice of assigning teachers to teach subjects that do not match their training or education. This paper reports on a study evaluating the impact of a national professional development programme for out-of-field teachers of post-primary school mathematics in Ireland -- the Professional Diploma in Mathematics…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Career Change, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
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Goos, Merrilyn; O'Donoghue, John; Ní Ríordáin, Máire; Faulkner, Fiona; Hall, Tony; O'Meara, Niamh – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
"Out-of-field" teaching refers to the practice of assigning secondary school teachers to teach subjects that do not match their training or education. This practice is an issue of concern in many countries around the world, and seems particularly prevalent in the teaching of mathematics. The aim of this paper is to analyse the design…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Qualifications, Faculty Development