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Prof. Bob Perry Staff

BSc (Hons 1), DipEd, PhD (UNSW)

Position: Professor
Phone: (02) 605 19455
Fax: (02) 605 19424
Campus: Thurgoona
Room: 124
Email: bperry@csu.edu.au

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Publications

Books

Dockett, S. & Perry, B. (Eds.) (2001). Beginning school together: Sharing strengths. Watson, ACT: Australian Early Childhood Association.

Perry, B., Anthony, G., & Diezmann, C. (Eds.) (2004). Review of research in mathematics education in Australasia: 2000 – 2003. Brisbane: PostPressed.

Whitton, D., Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (Eds.) (2004). Continuity and Change: Educational Transitions (Proceedings of International Conference). Sydney: UWS.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2006). Starting school: A guide for educators. Sydney: Pademelon Press.

Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2006). Our family is starting school. Sydney: Pademelon Press.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2006). Children’s transition to school: Changing expectations. In A. W. Dunlop & H. Fabian (Eds.), Informing transition: Building research policy and practice. London: Open University Press.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2007). Starting school: Perceptions, experiences and expectations. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press.

Book chapters

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2001). “Air is a kind of wind”: Argumentation and the construction of knowledge. In S. Reifel & M. Brown (Eds.), Early Education and Care, and Reconceptualizing Play, 11, 227-256.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2001). Introduction. In S. Dockett & B. Perry (Eds.), Beginning school together: Sharing strengths (pp. iii-x). Canberra: Australian Early Childhood Association.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2001). Funding and resources. In S. Dockett & B. Perry (Eds.), Beginning school together: Sharing strengths (pp. 22-31). Canberra: Australian Early Childhood Association.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2001). Reflections and directions. In S. Dockett & B. Perry (Eds.), Beginning school together: Sharing strengths (pp. 77-80). Canberra: Australian Early Childhood Association.

Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2002c). Young children’s access to powerful mathematical ideas. In L. D. English (Ed.). Handbook of international research in mathematics education: Directions for the 21st century (pp. 81-111). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Dockett, S., Perry, B., & Howard, P. (2004). Young children starting school: A fine example of home-school partnership. In J. C. Lee, L. N. Lo, & A. Walker (Eds.), Partnership and change: Towards school development (pp. 223-237). Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2004). Mathematics in early childhood education. In Perry, B., Anthony, G., & Diezmann, C. (Eds.), Review of mathematics education research in Australasia: 2000 – 2003 (pp. 103-125). Brisbane: Post Pressed.

Perry, B., Wong, N. Y., & Howard, P. (2006). Comparing primary and secondary mathematics teachers’ beliefs about mathematics, mathematics learning and mathematics teaching in Hong Kong and Australia. In K. D. Graf, F. K. S. Leung, & F. Lopez-Real (Eds.), Mathematics education in different cultural traditions: A comparative study of East Asia and the West (pp. 435-448). New York: Springer.

Refereed Journal Articles

Borg, T., Dockett, S., Meredith, H., & Perry, B. (2001). Do teachers who are parents have different perceptions about what is important in children’s transition to school than those who are not parents? Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education., 8(1), 11-22.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2001). Starting school: Effective transitions. Early Childhood Research and Practice, 3(2). Available on-line: http://ecrp/uiuc.edu/v3n2/dockett.html

Jones, G. A., Langrall, C. W., Thornton, C. A., Mooney, E. S., Wares, A., Jones, M. R., Perry, B., Putt, I. J., & Nisbet, S. (2001). Using students' statistical thinking to inform instruction. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 20(1), 109-144.

Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2001). Playing with maths. Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 6(2), 4-7.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2002). ‘Don’t eat other people’s lunch’. Children’s views of starting school. Early Childhood Folio, 6, 7-9.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2002). Who’s ready for what? Young children starting school. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 3(1), 67-89.

Dockett, S., Perry, B., Howard, P., Whitton, D., & Cusack, M (2002). Australian children starting school. Childhood Education, 78(6), 349-353.

Dockett, S., Perry, B., & Nicolson, D. (2002). Social and personal transformation as children start school. International Journal of Learning, 9, 289-299.

Jones, K., Dockett, S., Perry, B., & Westcott, K. (2002). Play in the first years of school. Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 9(1), 11-26.

Perry, B. & Dockett, S. (2002). Early childhood numeracy. Journal for Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 9(1), 62-73.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2003). Children’s views and children’s voices in starting school. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 28(1), 12-17.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2003). Smoothing the way: What makes a successful school transition program? Education Links, 65, 6-10.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2003). The transition to school: What’s important? Educational Leadership, 60(7), 30-33.

Mason, T., Reid, C., & Perry, B. (2003). The Aboriginal Rural Education Program in teacher education at the University of Western Sydney. Change: Transformations in Education, 6(2), 75-81.

Westcott, K., Perry, B., Dockett, S., & Jones, K., (2003). Parent’s transition to school. Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 10(2), 26-38.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2004). Starting school: Perspectives of Australian children, parents and educators. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2(2), 171-189.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2004). What makes a successful transition to school? Views of Australian parents and teachers. International Journal for Early Years Education, 12(3), 217-230.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2005). “A buddy doesn’t let kids get hurt in the playground”: Starting school with buddies. Journal of Transitions in Childhood, 1, 22-34. Available on-line from http://extranet.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/LED/tec/

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2005). Children’s drawings: Experiences and expectations of school. International Journal of Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood, 3(2), 77-89.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2005). Researching with children: Insights from the Starting School Research Project. Early Childhood Development and Care, 175(6), 507-521.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2005). Starting school in Australia is “a bit safer, a lot easier and more relaxing”: Issues for parents from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Early Years, 25(3), 271-281.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2005). “You need to know how to play safe”: Children’s experiences of starting school. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 6(1), 4-18.

Perry, B., & Diezmann, C. (Guest Editors) (2005). Mathematics Education Research Journal, 16(3).

Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2005a). What did you do in maths today? Australian Journal of Early Childhood. 30(3), 32-36.

Sanagavarapu, P., & Perry, B. (2005). Concerns and expectations of Bangladeshi parents as their children start school. Australian Journal of Early Childhood. 30(3), 45-51.

Whitton, D., & Perry, B. (2005). Transition to high school for gifted and mainstream students. Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 14(1), 30-35.

Dockett, S., Mason, T., & Perry, B. (2006). Successful transition to school for Australian Aboriginal children. Childhood Education, 82(3), 139-144.

Dockett, S., Perry, B. & Whitton, D. (2006). Picture story books and starting school. Early Child Development and Care, 176(8), 835-848.

Kirk-Downey, T., & Perry. B. (2006). Making transition to school a community event: The Wollongong experience. Journal of Transitions in Childhood, 2, 40-49.

White, A., Way, J., Perry, B., & Southwell, B. (2006). Mathematical attitudes, beliefs and achievement in pre-service mathematics teacher education. Mathematics Teacher Education & Development, 7, 33-52.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2007). Trusting children’s accounts in research. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 5(1), 47-63.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Howard, P., & Perry, B. (2001). Learning mathematics: The voices of Aboriginal children. In J. Bobis, B. Perry, & M. Mitchelmore, Numeracy and beyond (pp 298-305). Sydney: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.

Perry, B. (2001). The development of powerful mathematical ideas by children as they move through the prior-to-school and primary school years. In Board of Studies, NSW, Mathematics K-10 symposium proceedings. Sydney: Author. [Available on-line http://www.boardofstudiesnsw.edu.au]

Perry, B., & Howard, P. (2001). Counting On: A systemic program for Year 7 students who have experienced difficulty with mathematics. In J. Bobis, B. Perry, & M. Mitchelmore (Eds.), Numeracy and beyond (pp 410-417). Sydney: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.

Perry, B., & Howard, P. (2001). Arithmetic thinking strategies and low achieving junior high school students in Australia. In R. Speiser, C. A. Maher, & C. N. Walter (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-third Annual Meeting of Psychology of Mathematics Education – North America Group (pp 273-280).. Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2002). Beliefs and expectations of parents, prior-to-school educators and school teachers as children start school. Proceedings of Australian Association for Research in Education 2002 International Conference Available on-line: http://www.aare.edu.au/02pap/doc02072.htm

Dockett, S., Perry, B., & Howard, P. (2002). Researching the field: An experience in early childhood education. Proceedings of Field Based Learning conference: Partners in learning, voices in the field (pp. 74-80). Sydney: Australian Catholic University.

Dockett, S., Perry, B., & Nicolson, D. (2002). Social and personal transformation as children start school. Proceedings of Learning Conference 2002. Sydney: Common Ground. [Available on-line http:LearningConference/]

Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2002a). “999 is a very nice sign”. Proceedings of the ninth South East Asian Mathematics Education Conference (pp 183-188). Singapore: Nanyang University / SEACME.

Perry, B., Dockett, S., & Howard, P. (2002). Local partnerships in the early childhood field: The importance of context. Proceedings of Field Based Learning conference: Partners in learning, voices in the field (pp. 177-184). Sydney: Australian Catholic University.

Perry, B., & Howard, P. (2002). A systemic program for students who are experiencing difficulty with mathematics as they transition from primary to high school. In B. Barton, K. C. Irwin, M. Pfannkuch, & M. O. J. Thomas (Eds.), Mathematics Education in the South Pacific: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 543-550). Auckland, NZ: MERGA.

Perry, B., Vistro-Yu, C., Howard, P., Wong, N-Y., & Fong, H. K. (2002). Beliefs of primary teachers about mathematics and its teaching and learning: Views form Singapore, Philippines, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia. In B. Barton, K. C. Irwin, M. Pfannkuch, & M. O. J. Thomas (Eds.), Mathematics Education in the South Pacific: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 551-558). Auckland, NZ: MERGA.

Perry, B., Wong, N-Y., & Howard, P. (2002). Beliefs about mathematics, mathematics learning and mathematics teaching: A comparison of views from primary and secondary mathematics teachers in Hong Kong and Australia. Pre-Conference Proceedings of the International Council on Mathematical Instruction Comparative Study (pp.151-158). Hong Kong: ICMI.

Dockett, S., Whitton, D., & Perry, B. (2003). Children starting school: Images from picture storybooks. Proceedings of Australian Association for Research in Education 2003 International Conference (CD-Rom). Auckland: Australian Association for Research in Education.

Howard, P., Perry, B., Lowe, K., Ziems, S., & McKnight, A. (2003). Mathematics in Indigenous contexts: A case study. In L. Bragg, C. Campbell, G. Herbert & J. Mousley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp.436-443). MERGA: Geelong.

Matthews, S., Howard, P., & Perry, B. (2003). Working together to enhance Australian Aboriginal students’ mathematics learning. In L. Bragg, C. Campbell, G. Herbert & J. Mousley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp.17-28). MERGA: Geelong.

Perry, B., & Fulcher, J. (2003). A whole school approach to the provision of mathematics for low-achieving girls in a secondary school. In L. Bragg, C. Campbell, G. Herbert & J. Mousley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp.570-577). MERGA: Geelong

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2004). Educational transitions: Making the future. In D. Whitton, B. Perry, & S. Dockett (Eds.), Continuity and Change: Educational Transitions (Proceedings of International Conference) CD-Rom. Sydney: University of Western Sydney.

Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2005). “As I got to learn it got fun”: Children’s reflections on their first year of school. Proceedings of Australian Association for Research in Education 2004 Annual Conference, Sydney. Available on-line: http://www.aare.edu.au/04pap/doc04324.pdf

Howard, P. & Perry, B. (2005). Learning mathematics: Perspectives of Australian Aboriginal children and their teachers. In H. L. Chick & J. L. Vincent (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 3, pp. 153-160). Melbourne: University of Melbourne.

Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2005b). “I know that I don’t have to work hard”: Mathematics learning in the first year of primary school. In H. L. Chick & J. L. Vincent (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 4, pp. 65-72). Melbourne: University of Melbourne.

Perry, B., Way, J., Southwell, B., White, A. & Pattison, J. (2005). Mathematical beliefs and achievement of pre-service primary teachers. In P. Clarkson et al., (Eds.), Building Connections: Research, theory and practice (pp. 625-632). Sydney: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.

Howard, P., & Perry, B. (2006). Issues in teaching mathematics to Aboriginal students. In P. Grootenboer, R. Zevenbergen, & M. Chinnappan (Eds.), Identities, cultures and learning spaces (pp. 293-300). Sydney: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.

Perry, B., Dockett, S., Gilbert, S., Howard, P., Mason, T., Simpson, T., Skattebol, J., Whitton, D, & Woodrow, C. (2006). Successful transition programs from prior-to-school to school for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: Methodological considerations. Refereed Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Sydney. Available: http://www.aare.edu.au/05pap/per05571.pdf

Perry, B., Dockett, S., Harley, E., & Hentschke, N. (2006). Linking powerful mathematical ideas and developmental learning outcomes in early childhood mathematics. In P. Grootenboer, R. Zevenbergen, & M. Chinnappan (Eds.), Identities, cultures and learning spaces (pp. 408-415). Sydney: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.

Southwell, B., White, A. L., Way, J., & Perry, B. (2006). Attitudes versus achievement in pre-service mathematics teaching. Refereed Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Sydney. Available: http://www.aare.edu.au/05pap/sou05705.pdf

Commissioned Research Reports

Perry, B. (2001). The development of powerful mathematical ideas by children as they move through the prior-to-school and primary school years. Available on-line: http://www.boardofstudiesnsw.edu.au

Howard, P., & Perry, B. (2002). Progress report on the effectiveness of the Count Me In Too Indigenous project during 2001. Sydney: NSW Department of Education and Training.

Perry, B. & Howard, P. (2002). Evaluation of the impact of the Counting On program during 2001: Final Report. Sydney: NSW Department of Education and Training.

Allaburton, R., Perry, B., & Scheding, J. (2003). Future development of the education system of the Republic of Nauru. Canberra: AusAID.

Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2003). Progress review of materials produced under the PNG Elementary Teacher Education Support Project (ETESP). Canberra: AusAID.

Perry, B., & Howard, P. (2003). Evaluation of the impact of the Counting On program during 2002: Final report. Sydney: NSW Department of Education and Training.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2004). Transition to school: Development and evaluation of guidelines and programs for best practice. Sydney: University of Western Sydney.

Aitchison, C., Catterall, J., Dockett, S., Perry, B., & Michail, S. (2005). Articulating from vocational education and training to the University of Western Sydney: Supporting students in their transition from AQF Level 5 to university study. Sydney: University of Western Sydney.

Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2005). Is Play and Learn a Good Beginning? Sydney: University of Western Sydney.

Howard, P., Perry, B., & Butcher, J. (2006). Community capacity research project. Sydney: Board of Studies NSW.

Perry, B., Dockett, S., Whitton, D., Vickers, M., Johnston, C., Sidoti, C. (2006). Sydney Region Transition Project final report. Sydney: NSW Department of Education and Training.

 

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