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Teaching “not less than maths, but more”: an overview of recent developments in adult numeracy teacher development in England — with a sidelong glance at Australia

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Perspectives on Adults Learning Mathematics

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  1. School of Continuing Education, University of Nottingham, UK

    Diana Coben & Noyona Chanda

  2. London Language and Literacy Unit, London, UK

    Diana Coben & Noyona Chanda

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  1. Diana Coben
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  1. University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England

    Diana Coben

  2. University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

    John O’Donoghue

  3. Monash University, Victoria, Australia

    Gail E. Fitzsimons

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Coben, D., Chanda, N. (2000). Teaching “not less than maths, but more”: an overview of recent developments in adult numeracy teacher development in England — with a sidelong glance at Australia. In: Coben, D., O’Donoghue, J., Fitzsimons, G.E. (eds) Perspectives on Adults Learning Mathematics. Mathematics Education Library, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47221-X_17

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