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Dr Thorsten Scheiner is a mathematics teacher educator and researcher with experience across universities in Australia, Germany and New Zealand. His expertise is in researching and supporting mathematics teacher learning, with a focus on developing transformative learning environments that empower teachers to identify and build on students' mathematical strengths. By promoting enriched mathematical experiences for all learners, his work emphasises the importance of strengths-based approaches in promoting inclusive and equitable mathematics education and in fostering positive mathematical identities among students of all diversity backgrounds.


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Publications

2023 "Shifting the ways prospective teachers frame and notice student mathematical thinking: from deficits to strengths”, Educational Studies in Mathematics.

2023 "On the relationship between school mathematics and university mathematics: a comparison of three approaches”, ZDM–Mathematics Education.

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Presentations

Aug 2023 "On noticing and framing of student mathematical thinking", Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction. Thessaloniki, Greece.

Jul 2023 "Established and emerging theoretical perspectives on teacher noticing", 46th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Haifa, Israel.

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Changing the world, one classroom at a time.

 

Dr Scheiner's research focuses on the crucial skill of noticing students' mathematical strengths, challenging the deficit-based thinking that dominates mathematics education. Through the design of transformative learning environments, he develops mathematics teachers' ability to critically reflect on how they frame and notice students' thinking, guiding them towards a strengths-based perspective that recognises and capitalises on learners' abilities.

Research

Learning and Cognition in Mathematics 

with an emphasis on students' mathematical thinking and learning at the secondary and university levels

Teacher Education and Professional Development 

with an emphasis on mathematics teacher knowledge and teacher noticing

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Teaching

Graduate Mathematics Education 

"Noticing students’ mathematical strengths: A teacher's guide", Free University of Berlin, Germany. Summer 2023. 

Graduate Mathematics Education 

"Empowering math learners: Unlocking potential with engaging tasks and emerging technologies", Free University of Berlin, Germany. Summer 2023. 

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