This paper is from Session 10C: Statistics education in developing countries

which comes under Topic 10: An international perspective on statistics education

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(Wednesday 14th, 11:00-13:00)

Training teachers to teach statistics in South Africa: realities and attitudes

Presenter

• Delia North (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)

Co-authors

• Jackie Scheiber (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)
• Maria Gabriella Ottaviani (University of Rome, Italy)

Abstract

A new school curriculum, with substantial statistics content, has recently been introduced in South Africa. This gave rise to an extensive project by the national statistics office to upgrade the statistics knowledge of in-service teachers. The authors attempt to come to grips with the impact of the training that has taken place, taking into account the attitude of teachers and the reality of the South African classroom setting.

Other papers under session 10C ... 10C1: Assessment of graduate students’ conception of statistical... 10C3: Comparing teachers’ statistical knowledge in Botswana and South... 10C4: Opportunities, challenges and statistical cooperation in the...