Faculty Home / About / Faculty directory / Associate Professor Janette Bobis

Associate Professor Janette Bobis

BEd(Sydney), MEdAdmin(Hons)(UNSW), PhD(UNSW)

Associate Dean, Division of Research

Associate Professor, Mathemetics Education

Email:

Phone: +61 2 9351 4536

Fax: +61 2 9351 4580

Building.Room: A35.333

Research interests

Research on teaching and learning

  • Mathematics and science

Keywords

mathematics education, teacher professional development, motivation and engagement in mathematics, mental computation


Professional biography

After completing her bachelor's degree, Janette taught in a range of primary schools for eight years. She has lectured in early-childhood education, computer education, primary-mathematics education and general curriculum studies at the University of Western Sydney, University of Technology and Macquarie University.

Janette has previously held positions with the faculty as director of the Master of Teaching program, coordinator of postgraduate research students and Associate Dean, Postgraduate Programs.


Awards

  • Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence 2009, University of Sydney

  • Practical Implications Award for Research, 2007 (jointly sponsored by the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia and Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers)

  • Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning 2007, Carrick Australian Award for University Teaching

  • Excellence in Teaching Award 2002, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney

  • Early Career Research Award 1992, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia

  • Australian Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Award 1990–92, University of New South Wales


Current projects

  • MYTEAM: Middle Years Transition, Engagement and Achievement in Mathematics Project. Funded by Australian Research Council (Linkage ARC) and in collaboration with Prof. Andrew Martin, Dr Judy Anderson and Dr Jenni Way.
  • Mathematical Thinking of Preschool Children in Rural and Regional Australia: Research and Practice. Funded by the National Centre of Science, Information Technology, and Mathematics Education in Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR) and working in collaboration with Dr Robert Hunting, B. Doig, Prof. L. English, A/Prof. J. Mousley, A/Prof. J. Mulligan, Dr M. Papic, C. Pearn, Prof. R. Perry, Dr J. Robbins, Prof. R. Wright, B., & A/Prof. J. Young-Loveridge.

Current research students

Project title Degree Research student
Motivation and engagement in mathematics: The transition from primary to secondary school. PhD Karen Skilling
Developing computational fluency in multi-digit multiplication. EdD Kristen Tripet
TBA PhD Xue Feng Zhang

Selected publications

Books

  • Bobis, J., Mulligan, J., Lowrie, T. (2008). Mathematics for children: Challenging children to think mathematically. (3rd ed.), Sydney: Pearson Education.

Book chapters

  • Bobis, J., Anderson, J., Martin, A., & Way, J. (in press). Using the Motivation and Engagement Wheel to Enhance the Mathematics Instruction of Middle Years Students. In , Motivation and Disposition: Pathways to Learning Mathematics, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Seventy-third Yearbook (2011) Reston,Va: NCTM.
  • Bobis, J. (2009). Teachers as Learners. In Ewing, J., Higgins, & T. Lowrie (Ed.), Communicating in Professional Experience Contexts in Teacher Education London: OUP.
  • Anderson, J, Bobis, J, Way, J. (2008). Teachers as learners: Building knowledge in and through the practice of teaching mathematics. In Forgasz H, Barktasas A, Bishop A, Clarke B, Keast S, Seah WT, Sullivan, Willis (Ed.), Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2004-2007 (Vol. 12, pp. 313–334), Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Journal articles

  • Bobis, J. (2008). Early Spatial Thinking and the development of Number Sense. Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 13(3), 4–9.
  • Bobis, J. (2007). From here to there: The Path to computational fluency with multi-digit multiplication. Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 12(4), 22–26.
  • Bobis, J. (2007). The empty number line: A useful tool or just another procedure?. Teaching Children Mathematics, 13(8), 410–413.
  • Bobis, J, Clarke, B, Clarke, D, Thomas, G, Wright, R, Young-Loveridge, J, Gould, P. (2005). Supporting teachers in the development of young children's mathematical thinking: Three large scale cases. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 16(3), 27–57.

Conference papers

  • O'Keefe, M, Bobis, J. (2008). Primary Teachers’ perceptions of their knowledge and understanding of measurement. In Goos M, Brown R, Makar K Navigating Currents and Charting Directions. Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 391–398). Adelaide, 28 June-1 July 2008.
  • Way, J, Bobis, J, Anderson, J, Martin, A. (2008). Middle years transition, engagement and achievement in mathematics: The MYTEAM project. In Figueras O, Cortina JL, Alatorre S, Rojano T, Sepulveda A International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of PME 32 and PME – NA XXX (pp. 401–408). Morelia, Mexico, 17-21 July 2008.
  • Bobis, J. (2007). Facilitating Change As Part Of A Large-Scale Numeracy Program. In J. Novotna;P. Dvorak;M. Kratka;H. Morsova;M. Sulista International Symposium Elementary Mathematics Teaching, Prague, the Czech Republic, Charles University, Faculty of Education, August 19-24, 2007, Proceedings (pp. 76–84). Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 19-24 Aug 2007.
  • Bobis, J. (2007). Empowered to Teach: A Practice-based Model of Teacher Education. In j Watson & K Beswick Mathematics: Essential Research, Essential Practice, Vol 1. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 61–70). Hobart, Australia, 2-6th July, 2007.
  • Bobis, J, Anderson, J. (2006). Reform-oriented teaching practices and the influence of school context. In Grootenboer, P., Zevenbergen, R., Chinnappan, M. Identities Cultures and learning spaces. Proceedings of the 29th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 92–98). Canberra, 1-5 Jul 2006.
Show all publications
Back to Top