Open AccessSTATISTICS POSTER COMPETITIONS: AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT ACADEMICS AND TEACHERS
Author(s) -
Peter K. Dunn,
Alice Richardson,
Theodosia Prodromou,
Taryn Axelsen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
statistics education research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1570-1824
DOI - 10.52041/serj.v19i1.121
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , mathematics education , psychology , sociology , medical education , public relations , pedagogy , political science , medicine , ecology , biology
The Australian Statistics Competition (ASC) was a national statistics poster competition that ran from 2006 to 2016. One of the aims of the ASC was to create connections between academics and teachers. In this paper, wereport a study that investigated the experience of the organisers of this competition. We administered a written survey and conducted semi-structured interviews with the organisersby a semi-structured protocol, with the aim of exploring the experience of the ASC organisers (the academics) in relation to connecting with teachers. We found geographical, intrinsic, organisational and personnel barriers to continuing connections between academics and teachers. We provide a list of recommendations for those involved in, or planning on starting, a similar competition.First published February 2020 at Statistics Education Research Journal Archives