Numeracy for Teaching

The author focuses especially on weaknesses in numeracy often observed in adults, and in teacher-trainees in particular. Derek Haylock is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of East Anglia Norwich, where he is Co-Director of Primary Initial Teacher Training and responsible for the Mathematics components of the primary programmes. He has worked for 30 years in teacher education, both initial and in-service, but he also has considerable practical experience of teaching in primary classrooms. His work in mathematics education has taken him to Germany, Belgium, Lesotho, Kenya, Brunei and India. He is co-author (with Anne Cockburn) of Mathematics in the Lower Primary Years (Paul Chapman Publishing, 1997), co-author (with Doug McDougall) of Mathematics Every Elementary Teacher Should Know (Trifolium Books, Toronto, 1999), co-author (with Marcel D’Eon) of Helping Low Achievers Succeed at Mathematics (Trifolium Books, Toronto, 1999) and author of Teaching Mathematics to Low Attainers 8–12 (Paul Chapman Publishing, 1991). His other publications include seven books of Christian drama for young people and a Christmas musical (published by Church House/National Society), and frequent contributions to education journals.