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Prof. Bob Perry

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

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

Research Interests

• Educational transitions, particularly transition to school
• Mathematics education, especially at the early childhood level
• Education for Indigenous children

Current Research

• Children and families starting school
• Educational transitions
• Indigenous mathematics education
• Transition to school from families with complex support needs
• Numeracy and mathematics education in schools and early childhood settings
• Young people staying on at school

Teaching

• Early childhood and primary mathematics education
• Educational research
• Transition to school

Membership

• Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
• Mathematics Association of NSW
• Australian Association for Research in Education
• American Educational Research Association
• Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers

Other information

• Currently reviewing research articles for a number of journals
• Currently supervising eight doctoral students

Publications (since 2006)

Books

• 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. (2007). Transitions to school: Perceptions, experiences and expectations. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press.
• Cai, J., Kaiser, G., Perry, B., & Wong, N-Y. (Eds.) (2009). Effective mathematics teaching from teachers’ perspectives: National and cross-national studies. Rotterdam: SensePublishers.
• Harcourt, D. Perry, B., & Waller, T.  (Eds.) (2011). Researching young children’s perspectives: Ethics and dilemmas of educational research with children. London: Routledge

Book Chapters

• 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.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2007). Children’s transition to school: Changing expectations. In A. W. Dunlop & H. Fabian (Eds.), Informing transition: Building research policy and practice (pp. 92-104). London: Open University Press.
• Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2008). Young children’s access to powerful mathematical ideas. In L. D. English (Ed.). Handbook of international research in mathematics education (2nd ed) (pp. 75-108). New York: Routledge.
• Perry, B., Young-Loveridge, J., Dockett, S., & Doig, B. (2008). The development of young children’s mathematical understanding. In H. Forgasz et al. (Eds.), Review of mathematics education research in Australasia: 2004 – 2007 (pp. 17-40). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
• Diezmann, C., Anthony, G., & Perry, B. (2008). Reflections on the MERGA Research Review: 2000-2003. In H. Forgasz et al. (Eds.), Review of mathematics education research in Australasia: 2004 – 2007 (pp. 9-16). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
• Cai, J., Perry, B., Wong, N-Y., & Wang, T. (2009). What is effective teaching? A study of experienced mathematics teachers from Australia, the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong-China, and the United States. In Cai, J., Kaiser, G., Perry, B., & Wong, N-Y. (Eds.), Effective mathematics teaching from teachers’ perspectives: National and cross-national studies (pp. 1-26). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
• Cooke, S., Howard, P., Lowe, K., & Perry, B. (2011). Enhancing quality and equity in mathematics education for Australian Indigenous students. In B. Atweh, M. Graven, W. Secada & P. Valero (Eds.). Mapping equity and quality in mathematics education (pp. 365-378). Dordrecht: Springer SBM NL.
• Dockett, S., Einarsdottir, J., & Perry, B. (2011). Balancing methodologies and methods in researching with young children. In D. Harcourt, B. Perry & T. Waller (Eds.), Researching young children’s perspectives: Ethics and dilemmas of educational research with children (pp. 68-81). Milton Park, Oxon: Routledge.
• Howard, P., & Perry, B. (2011). Aboriginal children as powerful mathematicians. In N. Harrison, Teaching and learning in Aboriginal education (2nd ed) (pp. 130-145). Sydney: Oxford.

Refereed Journal Articles

• 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.
• 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.
• Bryan, C. A., Wang, T., Perry, B., Wong, N.-Y., & Cai, J. (2007). Comparison and contrast; similarities and differences of teachers' views of effective mathematics teaching and learning from four regions. ZDM Mathematics Education, 39, 329-340.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2007). Trusting children’s accounts in research. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 5(1), 47-63.
• Dockett S., & Perry, B., (2007). The role of schools and communities in children’s school transition. Encyclopedia of the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development and the Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre. Available on-line: http://www.excellence-earlychildhood.ca/documents/DockettPerryANGxp.pdf
• Harley, E., Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2007). Early childhood educators celebrating and assessing young children’s powerful mathematical ideas. Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 14(2), 83-94.
• Perry, B. (2007). Australian teachers' views of effective mathematics teaching and learning. ZDM Mathematics Education, 39, 271-286.
• Perry, B., Dockett, S., & Harley, E. (2007). Learning stories and children’s powerful mathematics. Early Childhood Research and Practice. Available on-line: http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v9n2/perry.html
• Perry, B., Dockett, S., & Harley, E. (2007). Preschool educators’ sustained professional development in young children’s mathematics learning. Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 8, 117-134.
• Perry, B., Dockett, S., Mason, T., & Simpson, T. (2007). Successful transitions from prior-to-school to school for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. International Journal for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood. 5(1), 102-111.
• Einarsdóttir, J., Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2008). Transition to school practices: Comparisons from Iceland and Australia. Early Years, 28(1), 47-60.
• Howard, P., Perry, B., Dockett, S., & Harley, E. (2008). Linking powerful mathematical ideas and cognitive values to reconceptualise mathematics teaching in the Philippines. Intersection, 9(1), 9-33.
• Perry, B., & Howard, P. (2008). Mathematics in Indigenous contexts. Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 13(4), 4-9.
• Dockett, S., Einarsdottir, J., & Perry, B. (2009). Researching with children: Ethical tensions. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 7(3), 283-298.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2009). Readiness for school: A relational construct. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 34(1), 20-26.
• Dockett, S., Perry, B., Kearney, E., Hampshire, A., Mason, J., & Schmied, V. (2009). Researching with families: Ethical issues and situations. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 19(4), 353-365.
• Einarsdóttir, J., Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2009). Making meaning: Children’s perspectives expressed through drawings. Early Child Development and Care, 179(2), 217-232.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2010). Researching with young children: Seeking assent. Child Indicators Research, 4(2), 231-247. DOI: 10.1007/s12187010-9084-0
• Perry, B. (2010). Mathematical thinking of preschool children in rural and regional Australia: an overview. Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 16(2), 1-12.
• Perry, B. (2010). Mathematical thinking of preschool children in rural and regional Australia: Looking to the future. Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 16(2), 99-109.
• Dockett, S., Whitton, D., & Perry, B. (2010). What will my teacher be like? Picture storybooks about starting school. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 35(3), 33-41.
• Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2011). ‘How ‘bout we have a celebration?’ Advice from children on starting school. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 19(3), 375-388.

Articles in fully refereed conference proceedings

• Catterall, J., Aitchison, C., Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2006). Making it mainstream: Engaging students who articulate from Vocational Education and Training (VET). First Year in Higher Education Conference. Brisbane. Available on-line: http://www.fyhe.com.au/past_papers/2006/Papers/Catterall.pdf
• 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.
• Howard, P., Perry, B., & Butcher, J. (2006). Shared ownership and community capacity building. Refereed Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Adelaide. Available: http://www.aare.edu.au/06pap/how06148.pdf
• 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.
• Howard, P., & Perry, B. (2007). A school-community model for enhancing Aboriginal students’ mathematical learning. In J. Watson & K. Beswick (Eds.), Mathematics: Essential research, essential practice (Proceedings of the 30th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia) (pp. 402-411). Hobart: MERGA.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2009). Researching with young children: Seeking assent. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Australian Association of Professional and Applied Ethics, Goulburn, NSW, June.
• Mousley, J., & Perry, B. (2009). Developing mathematical concepts in Australian pre-school settings: The background. In R. Hunter, B. Bicknell, & T. Burgess (Eds.), Crossing divides: Proceedings of the 32nd annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 646-649). Palmerston North, NZ: MERGA.
• Perry, B. (2009). Mathematical thinking of preschool children in rural and regional Australia: Implications for the future. In R. Hunter, B. Bicknell, & T. Burgess (Eds.), Crossing divides: Proceedings of the 32nd annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 658-661). Palmerston North, NZ: MERGA.
• Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2010). What makes mathematics play? In L. Sparrow, B. Kissane, & C. Hurst (Eds.) (2010). Shaping the future of mathematics education (Proceedings of the 33rd annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia) (pp. 715-718). Fremantle, WA: MERGA.
• Perry, B. (2011). Early childhood numeracy leaders and powerful mathematical ideas. In J. Clark, B. Kissane, J. Mousley, T. Spencer, & S. Thornton (Eds.), Mathematics: Traditions and [new] practices. Proceedings of the AAMT-MERGA conference, incorporating the 23rd biennial conference of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers and the 34th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 617-623). Alice Springs, NT: AAMT & MERGA.
• Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2011). Playing with mathematics: Implications from the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum. In J. Clark, B. Kissane, J. Mousley, T. Spencer, & S. Thornton (Eds.), Mathematics: Traditions and [new] practices. Proceedings of the AAMT-MERGA conference, incorporating the 23rd biennial conference of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers and the 34th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 624-630). Alice Springs, NT: AAMT & MERGA.

Commissioned research reports

• Dockett, S., Perry, B., Mason, T., Simpson, T., Howard, P., Whitton, D., Gilbert, S., Pearce, S., Sanagavarapu, P., Skattebol, J., & Woodrow, C. (2006). Getting it together: Successful transition programs from prior-to-school to school for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Draft Report. Sydney: NSW Department of Education and Training.
• Howard, P., Perry, B., & Butcher, J. (2006). Community capacity research project. Sydney: Board of Studies NSW.
• Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2006). Learning through assessment in Mathematics in Early Childhood. Sydney: University of Western Sydney. Available on-line: http://tdu.uws.edu.au/qilt/snapshots/assessment/proj_01/pdf/proj_01_perrydockett.pdf
• Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2006). Assessment and learning project: Final report. Sydney: University of Western Sydney.
• 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. Available on-line: http://www.youth.nsw.gov.au/__data/page/1205/DET_transition_finalreport.pdf
• Dockett, S., Perry, B., Campbell, H., Hard, L., Kearney, E., Taffe, R., & Greenhill, J. (2007). Early years curriculum continuity for learning project: Final report. Adelaide: South Australian Department of Education and Children’s Services. Available on-line: http://www.earlyyears.sa.edu.au/files/links/final_lit_review.pdf
• Dockett, S., Perry, B., & Fegan, M. (2007). Starting school safely. Sydney: NSW Roads and Traffic Authority.
• Dockett, S., Perry, B., Mason, T., Simpson, T., Howard, P., Whitton, D., Gilbert, S., Pearce, S., Sanagavarapu, P., Skattebol, J., & Woodrow, C. (2007). Getting it together: Successful transition programs from prior-to-school to school for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Canberra: MCEETYA. Available on-line: http://www.curriculum.edu.au/verve/_resources/ATSI_Successful_Transition_programs_Report_Dec_2007.pdf
• Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2007). Play and mathematics: Early childhood mathematics support paper. Adelaide: AAMT. Available on-line: http://aamt.edu.au/documentation/statements/early_childhood_mathematics_support_paper_play
• Hunting, R. P., Bobis, J., Doig, B., English, L., Mousley, J., Mulligan, J., Papic, M., Pearn, C., Perry, R., Robbins, J., Wright, R., & Young-Loveridge, J. (Eds.). (2008). Mathematical thinking of preschool children in rural and regional Australia: Research and practice. Final report to National Centre of Science, ICT, and Mathematics Education in Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR). Bendigo, VIC: La Trobe University.
• Perry, B., & Dockett, S. (2008). Voices of children in transition to school. Wollongong Transition to School Network.
• Perry, B., & Dockett, S., (2009). Reconceptualising Reception. Adelaide: South Australian Department of Education and Children’s Services.
• Dockett, S., Perry, B., & Kearney, E. (2010). School readiness: what does it mean for Indigenous children, families, schools and communities? Canberra: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse. Available on-line: http://www.aihw.gov.au/closingthegap/documents/issues_papers/ctg-ip02.pdf
• Dockett, S., Perry, B., Kearney, E., Hampshire, A., Mason, J., & Schmied, V. (2011). Facilitating children’s transition to school from families with complex support needs. Albury-Wodonga: Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education, Charles Sturt University.  Available on-line: http://www.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/154899/Facilitating-Childrens-Trans-School.pdf
• Educational Transitions and Change (ETC) Research Group. (2011). Transition to school: Position statement. Albury-Wodonga: Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education, Charles Sturt University.  Available on-line: www.csu.edu.au/research/ripple/research-groups/etc/