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		DR Mal Shield PhD, MEd, DipEd, BEdSt, BSc School of Maths, Science & Technology Education Centre for Learning Innovation Profile Publications Research Teaching Associations Contact
Profile Mal Shield works in the area of secondary mathematics curriculum. He is a former secondary school mathematics teacher and head of department who has been involved in teacher education for the past twenty years. As well as teaching pre-service mathematics teachers, Dr Shield works regularly with mathematics teachers around the state in professional development activities. His research interests have been primarily focused on the use of language in mathematics learning, particularly in written forms. Dr Shield has also been involved in the authorship of 5 secondary mathematics textbook series, most recently the extension of the Go Maths primary series into the secondary years for Origo Education.
Publications Publications from 1999 For teachers Shield, M. J. (2002). `Bin-packing` problems as an introduction to linear programming. Teaching Mathematics, 27 (1), 23-25. Shield, M. J. (2000). Virtual `real-life` mathematics. The Australian Mathematics Teacher, 56 (3), 25-28. Shield, M. J. (1999). Applications in geometry for Mathematics A and B. Teaching Mathematics, 24 (3), 10-15. Research Shield, M. J. (2005). Building a methodology for the comparison and evaluation of middle-years mathematics textbooks. Building connections: Research, Theory and Practice – Conference proceedings MERGA 28 (pp. 680-687). Melbourne : MERGA. Heingraj, C. & Shield, M. (2002). One student`s understanding of the function concept. In B. Barton, K. Irwin, M. Pfannkuch & M. Thomas (Eds.), Mathematics in the South Pacific . Proceedings of the 25th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 326-333). Auckland : The University of Auckland and MERGA. Shield, M. & Dole, S. (2002). Investigating textbook presentations of ratio and proportion. In B. Barton, K. Irwin, M. Pfannkuch & M. Thomas (Eds.), Mathematics in the South Pacific . Proceedings of the 25th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 608-615). Auckland : The University of Auckland and MERGA. Hosking, P. & Shield, M. J. (2001). Feedback practices and classroom culture. In J. Bobis, B. Perry & M. Mitchelmore (Eds.), Numeracy and beyond - Proceedings of MERGA 24 (pp. 289-297). Shield, M. J. (1999). The conflict between teachers` beliefs and classroom practices. In J. M. Truran & K. M. Truran (Eds.), Making the difference - Conference proceedings MERGA 22 (pp. 439-445). Adelaide : MERGA. Textbook series Go Maths Level 5 . Origo Education (2006) (author) Mathematics for Queensland , Year 11A . Oxford Uni Press (2001) (lead author with 2 co-authors) Maths in Society: Finance; Calculation; Geometry; Statistics . Jacaranda Press (1984-86) (lead author with 2 co-authors) Interactive Maths A and B, Years 11 and 12 . Jacaranda Press (1993-94) (contributing author) Investigating Maths 9, 9 and 10 . Jacaranda Press (1988-90) (lead author with 1 co-author)
Research Dr Shield’s main focus is on the application of research to the secondary classroom. He does this through professional development activities with teachers and through the writing of school mathematics materials that draw on his own research and that of others.
Teaching Dr Shield mostly teaches in the pre-service secondary mathematics curriculum units and mathematics education electives.
Associations Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Contact Details DR Mal Shield Senior Lecturer S Block Level 3 312 Queensland University of Technology Victoria Park Road Kelvin Grove Qld 4059 Phone: 3138 3323 Fax: 3138 3985 Email: m.shield@qut.edu.au