Overview
Background
I am a senior lecturer in mathematics education at the University of Queensland. My research centres around design and theorising of resources for teaching mathematics well. This includes development of classroom mathematical activities, in which students encounter significant mathematical ideas and joy of the experience; support of mathematics teachers’ work so that they can organise their classrooms for their students' meaningful engagement with mathematics; and inquiries into history of mathematics and education aimed at understanding of possibilities for change. I have served as an editor of the Australian Mathematics Education Journal and currently am the Vice President for Publications within Mathematics Eudctaion Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), and an IPC member for the International Symposium on Elementary Mathematics Teaching.
I completed a Magister degree in mathematics at Comenius University in Slovakia and a PhD in mathematics education at Vanderbilt University in the USA. Before taking my role at UQ, I have taught middle-years mathematics and lectured in mathematics and mathematics education at Comenius, Vanderbilt, and University of California, Santa Cruz. As part of my research, I regularly spend time in schools and classrooms.
Availability
- Dr Jana Visnovska is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Research) of Mathematics, Comenius University in Bratislava
- Graduate Certificate in Teaching (Secondary), Comenius University in Bratislava
- Postgraduate Diploma in Education, Comenius University in Bratislava
- Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
Research interests
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Mathematics Education
My research is centred within mathematics education, driven by the need to teach mathematics well. I view my role as a researcher in co-development of teaching resources, and of professional discourse, capable of supporting mathematics teaching.
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Design Research
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Teaching Materials and Resources
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Teacher Professional Development
Works
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2006
Conference Publication
Professional-development design: Building on current instructional practices to achieve a professional-development agenda
Visnovska, J., Zhao, Q. and Cobb, P. (2006). Professional-development design: Building on current instructional practices to achieve a professional-development agenda. 28th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Merida, Mexico, 9-12 November 2006. Mérida, Mexico: Universidad Pedagógica Nacional.
2006
Conference Publication
Supporting the mathematics learning of a professional teaching community: Focusing on teachers' instructional reality
Visnovska, Jana (2006). Supporting the mathematics learning of a professional teaching community: Focusing on teachers' instructional reality. AERA 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association: Education Research in the Public Interest, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A., 7-11 April 2006.
2005
Conference Publication
Accounting for teachers' instructional realities when supporting their professional development in statistics
Cortina, José Luis, Zhao, Qing and Višňovská, Jana (2005). Accounting for teachers' instructional realities when supporting their professional development in statistics. ISCOTS7: 7th International Conference on Teaching Statistics, Ondina, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 2-7 July 2006. Auckland , New Zealand: International Association for Statistical Education.
2005
Conference Publication
Same video, different understandings: Co-construction of representations of classroom instructional practices within a professional teaching community
Visnovska, J. (2005). Same video, different understandings: Co-construction of representations of classroom instructional practices within a professional teaching community. 27th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Eugene, USA, 2005.
2004
Conference Publication
Using design research to support the learning of professional teaching community of middle-school mathematics teachers
Zhao, Qing, Visnovska, Jana and McClain, Kay (2004). Using design research to support the learning of professional teaching community of middle-school mathematics teachers. 26th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Toronto, Canada, 21-24 October 2004. Ontario, Canada: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
2004
Conference Publication
Supporting the mathematics learning of a professional teaching community
Zhao, Q, Visnovska, J and McClain, K (2004). Supporting the mathematics learning of a professional teaching community. Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, San Diego, USA, 12-16 April 2004.
2003
Conference Publication
Building on students' reasoning: Using students' pre-conceptions of proportional relations in developing instruction
Visnovska, Jana and Cortina, Jose Luis (2003). Building on students' reasoning: Using students' pre-conceptions of proportional relations in developing instruction. Seventh International Symposium on Elementary Mathematics Teaching, Prague, Czech Republic, 24-29 August 2003. Prague, Czech Republic: Charles University, Faculty of Education.
1999
Conference Publication
Children and the discovery of the mathematical rules
Visnovska, J. (1999). Children and the discovery of the mathematical rules. Fifth International Symposium on Elementary Mathematics Teaching, Prague, Czech Republic, 1999.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Jana Visnovska is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The Effectiveness of Storytelling in Improving the Mastery of Primary School Students in Fractions Based on the Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) Theory
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Emily Ross
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Doctor Philosophy
Differentiating instruction in early secondary mathematics
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Stephen Heimans
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Master Philosophy
Integrating mathematics and sustainability to raise students¿ awareness and action: A case study
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Katie Makar
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Doctor Philosophy
Institutional language policies, academic literacies and power: a collaborative investigation of practices in higher education in Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Stephen Heimans
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Doctor Philosophy
An Epistemology of Practice for Political and Existential Citizenship
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Stephen Heimans
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Doctor Philosophy
Stones, Cracks, and Gold: Resisting, Reimagining, and Acknowledging Higher Education in the Shadows of (post?)Neoliberalism - Possibilities of Pluriversity
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Stephen Heimans
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Master Philosophy
Designing mathematics instructions and tasks for green education
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Katie Makar
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Doctor Philosophy
Preservice Teachers' Competence in Open Ended Tasks: Inquiry Based Learning Perspective
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Katie Makar
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Doctor Philosophy
An Epistemology of Practice for Political and Existential Citizenship
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Stephen Heimans
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
The landscape of mathematics vocabulary in Australian secondary school mathematics classrooms
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Merrilyn Goos
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Mathematics Textbooks as Curriculum Resources: Exploring How the Ministry-Published Textbook Supports Indonesian Teachers in Implementing a Student-Centred Teaching Approach
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Robyn Gillies
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding different approaches to mathematics teaching and resulting mathematical classroom discourses in Iran
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Katie Makar
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Supporting Numeracy Development for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Karen Moni
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2023
Master Philosophy
Exploring the design of a framework for embedding arts phenomena in secondary school mathematics instruction
Associate Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Chinese Tertiary Teachers' Motivation, Their Use of Motivational Strategies, and Their Students' Achievement within the Context of Studying English as a Foreign Language
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Monica Cuskelly
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the Impact of Inquiry Learning on Students' Beliefs and Attitudes towards Mathematics
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Katie Makar
Media
Enquiries
Contact Dr Jana Visnovska directly for media enquiries about:
- Ambitious and equitable teaching of mathematics
- Classroom mathematical conversations
- Professional development of mathematics teachers
- Purposes of mathematics education
- Teaching early number
- Teaching fractions
- Teaching Numeracy across curriculum
- Teaching problem solving
- Teaching proportional reasoning
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