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Dr Seyum Getenet

Dr Seyum Getenet
Name Seyum Getenet
Position Senior Lecturer (Mathematics Curriculum and Pedagogy)
Section School of Education
Office A237
Location Springfield Campus
Phone +61 7 3470 4272
Extension 4272
Email
Qualifications GCRsch Tas , MA Addis Ababa , MSc Twente , PhD Tas
Languages Amharic (non accredited translator)
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/80vvv/dr-seyum-getenet
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Biography

Seyum Getenet is an experienced mathematics teacher educator with extensive research and teaching experience, course and unit coordination at various levels.

Seyum’s main research interests are in STEM education, mathematics curriculum and pedagogy, with a strong focus on initial teacher education informed by design-based research. He has a commencing track record of published refereed journal articles and conference papers in teacher and mathematics education. In particular, he has published a peer-reviewed article on professional development strategies for mathematics teachers in Australia.

Seyum has a special interest in mathematics pedagogical content knowledge to frame mathematics teachers’ teaching in schools. He has adopted several theories of knowledge for teaching mathematics and wrote a paper that proposed a framework for the knowledge required to teach technology-integrated mathematics teaching.

Seyum accepts and supervises higher degree students in STEM, mathematics and teacher education.

Research Career


  • Higher Education ( 130103 )
  • Curriculum and Pedagogy ( 130200 )
  • Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy ( 130208 )
  • Educational Technology and Computing ( 130306 )
  • Primary Education (excl. Maori) ( 130105 )
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators ( 130313 )
  • Education ( 130000 )
  • Mathematics And Numeracy Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390109 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390100 )
  • Primary Education ( 390304 )
  • Educational Technology And Computing ( 390405 )
  • Teacher Education And Professional Development Of Educators ( 390307 )
  • Higher Education ( 390303 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  • Education Systems ( 390300 )

• Mathematics education and teaching mathematics
• Teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge
• Teachers using technology in teaching - Technological pedagogical content knowledge
• Teachers’ professional development
• Using design-based research


The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
The International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME)
The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)

Teaching


Bachelor of Education courses
• EPM 4100: Mathematics in Context
• EDX3280: Mathematics in Middle and Upper Primary
• EPS2008: Developing Mathematical Knowledge for Innovative Teaching

Master of Learning and Teaching (MOLT) courses
• EDM5005 Mathematics Curriculum and Pedagogy I
• EDM8005 Mathematics Curriculum and Pedagogy II


10 Years


3 Years

Supervision


  • Higher Education ( 130103 )
  • Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy ( 130208 )
  • Educational Technology and Computing ( 130306 )
  • Primary Education (excl. Maori) ( 130105 )
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators ( 130313 )
  • Mathematics And Numeracy Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390109 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390100 )
  • Primary Education ( 390304 )
  • Educational Technology And Computing ( 390405 )
  • Teacher Education And Professional Development Of Educators ( 390307 )
  • Higher Education ( 390303 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  • Education Systems ( 390300 )