Students entering higher education expect that their studies should lead them towards some form of professional career. They come to university with a range of expectations for their learning as well as for the outcomes of their learning. In this age, where complex internationalised professions are the main source of work for graduates, students need to prepare themselves for a future that can be volatile, changeable and challenging. In this book we show how students navigate their way through learning and become effective students and how they shift the focus of their learning away from...
Students entering higher education expect that their studies should lead them towards some form of professional career. They come to university wit...
Based on interviews, observations and surveys conducted in Australia, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Canada and Brunei, this book investigates the experiences and views of students and graduates in the process of seeking their identities as mathematicians.
Based on interviews, observations and surveys conducted in Australia, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Canada and Brunei, this book investigates the ex...
This book considers the views of participants in the process of becoming a mathematician, that is, the students and the graduates. This book investigates the people who carry out mathematics rather than the topics of mathematics. Learning is about change in a person, the development of an identity and ways of interacting with the world. It investigates more generally the development of mathematical scientists for a variety of workplaces, and includes the experiences of those who were not successful in the transition to the workplace as mathematicians. The research presented is based on...
This book considers the views of participants in the process of becoming a mathematician, that is, the students and the graduates. This book investiga...
A Panorama of Statistics: Perspectives, Puzzles and Paradoxes in Statistics
Eric Sowey, School of Economics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Peter Petocz, Department of Statistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
This book is a stimulating panoramic tour - quite different from a textbook journey - of the world of statistics in both its theory and practice, for teachers, students and practitioners.
At each stop on the tour, the authors investigate unusual and quirky aspects of statistics, highlighting...
A Panorama of Statistics: Perspectives, Puzzles and Paradoxes in Statistics
Eric Sowey, School of Economics, The University of N...
