Dr Wee Tiong Seah (Faculty of Education, Monash)

Job title:	Research Student
Qualifications:	BSc, PGDE Sec (Singapore), MEd, PhD (Monash)

Location:	Clayton, building 6, room 323
Phone:	+61 3 990 52826

Location:	Peninsula, building A3, room 37
Phone:	+61 3 990 44088

Email:	WeeTiong.Seah@Education.monash.edu.au
Fax:	+61 3 9905 2779
Personal website:	http://www.education.monash.edu.au/contact/staff_detail.php?uid=wseah

Teaching commitment

Biography

Wee Tiong is a Senior Lecturer of mathematics education in the Faculty, and also the Deputy Course Director of its primary education courses. Before embarking on a career as an academic, Wee Tiong has had extensive professional experience in mathematics teaching and pastoral care across a range of school settings in Singapore and Australia.

Wee Tiong's research interests include the harnessing of socio-cultural factors in the teaching of mathematics. These include values of students, teachers, parents, etc as they relate to mathematics pedagogy. He has been active in the mathematics education research arena in Australia, East and Southeast Asia. Meaningful and personal engagements with colleagues have resulted in the conduct of collaborative research and consultancy activities in no less than 8 countries in these regions over the last few years. Within Australia, Wee Tiong is also member of the federal governments Expert Advisory and Research Group, providing advice in matters relating to the teaching and learning of mathematics and numeracy in schools.

Wee Tiong's 2004 PhD thesis, entitled "The negotiation of perceived value differences by immigrant teachers of mathematics in Australia" had been supervised by Emeritus Prof. Alan J Bishop and A/Prof Barbara Clarke at the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia.

Research Interests

Professional Associations

Supervision

Co-operative group work learning in tertiary mathematics classes. (PhD, ongoing)

Language misconceptions of ethnic Southeast Asian primary school students in mathematics (MEd, 2003)

Mathematics intervention for CAPD students: The case for place value (MEd, 2003)

Benefits and challenges of peer tutoring in secondary school mathematics (MEd, ongoing)

Changing assessment, teaching and learning practices in mathematics in the Middle Years (MEd, ongoing)

Chinese teachers' understanding of science and science education: The role of traditional values (MEd, 2004)

Editorial

Forgasz, H., Barkatsas, T., Bishop, A., Clarke, B., Keast, S., Seah, W. T., et al. (Eds.). (2008). Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2004-2007. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Clarke, B., Bishop, A., Cameron, R., Forgasz, H., & Seah, W. T. (Eds.). (2003). Making mathematicians. Victoria, Australia: The Mathematical Association of Victoria.

Publications

Seah, W. T. (2008). Valuing values in mathematics education. In P. Clarkson & N. Presmeg (Eds.), Critical issues in mathematics education: Major contributions of Alan Bishop (pp. 239-252). NY: Springer.

Bishop, A. J., & Seah, W. T. (2008). Educating values through mathematics teaching: Possibilities and challenges. In M. H. Chau & T. Kerry (Eds.), International perspectives on education (pp. 118-138). London: Continuum.

Seah, W. T., Atweh, B., Clarkson, P., & Ellerton, N. (2008). Sociocultural perspectives in mathematics teaching and learning. In H. Forgasz, A. Barkatsas, A. Bishop, B. Clarke, S. Keast, W. T. Seah & P. Sullivan (Eds.), Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2004-2007 (pp. 223-253). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Atweh, B., & Seah, W. T. (2008). Theorizing values and their study in mathematics education. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, Fremantle, Australia.

Ya-Amphan, D., & Seah, W. T. (2008). Qualities valued in effective mathematics lessons in Thailand: Beyond cultural boundaries. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Science, Mathematics & Technology Education, Udon Thani Rajabhat University, Thailand.

Kalogeropoulos, P., & Seah, W. T. (2007). Promoting and tracking understandings in mathematics: A school's experience. In J. Vincent, J. Dowsey & R. Pierce (Eds.), Mathematics - Making sense of our world (pp. 166-174). Melbourne, Australia: The Mathematical Association of Victoria.

Seah, W. T. (2007). Commentary on: Mathematics teaching and values education - an intersection in need of research. In G. C. Leder & H. J. Forgasz (Eds.), Stepping stones for the 21st century: Australasian mathematics education research (pp. 224). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Seah, W. T. (2007). Qualities co-valued in effective mathematics lessons in Australia: Preliminary findings. In J. H. Woo, H. C. Lew, K. S. Park & D. Y. Seo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 4, pp. 161-168). Seoul, South Korea: International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.

Seah, W. T. (2007). What do effective mathematics lessons value: Preliminary findings from Australian primary schools. In C. S. Lim, S. Fatimah, S. Hajar, M. Y. Hashimah, W. L. Gan & T. Y. Hwa (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth East Asia Regional Conference on Mathematics Education (pp. 417-424). Penang, Malaysia: Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Seah, W. T. (2007). Teaching for numeracy: Re-examining the role of cultural aspects of mathematics. In Empirical study on the evaluation method for international cooperation in mathematics education in developing countries: Focussing on pupils' learning achievement (Final report ed., pp. 160-164). Hiroshima, Japan: Hiroshima University.

Cutter-Mackenzie, A., Seah, W. T., & Prince, N. (2007). Science outside schools (Research report). Victoria, Australia: Monash University.

Russell, G., Edwards, S., Auld, G., & Seah, W. T. (2007). Recent trends and policies relating to ICT in schools (Consultancy report for Australia Department of Education, Science and Training). Victoria, Australia: Monash University.

Seah, W. T., & Kalogeropoulos, P. (2006). Teachers of effective mathematics lessons: What gets valued in their practice? In J. Ocean, C. Walta, M. Breed, J. Virgona & J. Horwood (Eds.), Mathematics: The way forward (pp. 279-287). Melbourne, Australia: The Mathematical Association of Victoria.

Seah, W. T., & Edwards, J. (2006). Flying in, flying out: Offshore teaching in higher education. Australian Journal of Education, 50(3), 297-311.

Edwards, J., & Seah, W. T. (2006). Flying in and out: Research into offshore teaching in higher education. The International Journal of Learning, 12.

Seah, W. T., & Bishop, A. J. (2006). Trip for the body, expedition for the soul: An exploratory survey of two East Asian teachers of mathematics in Australia. In F. K. S. Leung, K.-D. Graf & F. J. Lopez-Real (Eds.), Mathematics education in different cultural traditions: A comparative study of East Asia and the West (pp. 523-535). New York, NY: Springer.

Seah, W.T. (2005). Mathematics trails in the school curriculum. In J. Mousley, L. Bragg, C. Campbell, B. Doig, J. Gough, S. Groves, P. Hubber, H. Mays & G. Williams (Eds.), Mathematics: Celebrating achievement(pp. 272-277). Victoria: Mathematical Association of Victoria.

Seah, W.T. (2005). Teacher approaches to cultural differences in mathematics pedagogy between Asia and the 'west'. Paper presented at the 3rd East Asia Regional Conference on Mathematics Education, Shanghai, China.

Seah, W. T. (2005). Negotiating about perceived value differences in mathematics teaching: The case of immigrant teachers in Australia. In H. Chick & J. L. Vincent (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 4, pp. 145-152). Melbourne: PME.

Seah, W. T. (2004a). Immigrant teachers' negotiation of value differences: Value schema, ethnocentrism, and culture freeze. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education 2004 Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Seah, W.T. (2003). Teachers in transition and the negotiation of value differences in the classroom: Perspectives of immigrant teachers of mathematics in Australia: Proceedings of the 2003 NZARE/AARE Conference, from http://www.aare.edu.au/03pap/sea03594.pdf

Clarke, B., Bishop, A., Cameron, R., Forgasz, H., & Seah, W.T. (Eds.). (2003). Making mathematicians. Victoria, Australia: The Mathematical Association of Victoria.

Seah, W.T., & Bishop, A. (2003). Values, mathematics and society: Making the connections. Prime Number, 18(3), 4-9.

Bishop, A.J., Seah, W.T., & Chin, C. (2003). Values in mathematics teaching: The hidden persuaders? In A.J. Bishop, K. Clements, C. Keitel, J. Kilpatrick & F. Leung (Eds.), International handbook of mathematics education (2nd ed., pp. 715-763). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Seah, W.T. (2003). Teachers' struggle to negotiate value differences in the mathematics classroom. In L. Bragg, C. Campbell, G. Herbert & J. Mousley (Eds.), Mathematics Education Research: Innovation, Networking, Opportunity: Proceedings of the twenty-sixth annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia held at Deakin University, Geelong, 6th-10th July 2003 (Vol. 2, pp. 602-609). Melbourne, Australia: Deakin University.

Seah, W. T. (2003, April 7-9). Understanding mathematics classroom experiences through the values lens. Paper presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (Research Presession), San Antonio, TX.

Seah, W. T. (2002). Exploring teacher clarification of values relating to mathematics education. In C. Vale & J. Roumeliotis & J. Horwood (Eds.), Valuing mathematics in society (pp. 93-104). Brunswick, Australia: Mathematical Association of Victoria.

Seah, W. T., & Bishop, A. J. (2002). Values, mathematics and society: Making the connections. In C. Vale & J. Roumeliotis & J. Horwood (Eds.), Valuing mathematics in society (pp. 105-113). Brunswick, Australia: Mathematical Association of Victoria.

Seah, W. T., & Bishop, A. J. (2002). East in West: Trip for the body, expedition for the soul, Pre-conference proceedings of the ICMI Comparative Study Conference 2002 Hong Kong (pp. 159-165). Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong.

Cao, Z. J., Seah, W. T., & Bishop, A. J. (2002). A comparison of mathematical values conveyed in mathematics textbooks in China and Australia, Pre-conference proceedings of the ICMI Comparative Study Conference 2002 Hong Kong (pp. 201-206). Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong.

Seah, W. T. (2002). The perception of, and interaction with, value differences by immigrant teachers of mathematics in two Australian secondary classrooms. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 23, 189-210.

Seah, W. T., & Bishop, A. J. (2002, April 1-5). Researching for validity and value: The negotiation of cultural value conflicts by immigrant teachers in Australia. Paper presented at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

FitzSimons, G. E., Bishop, A. J., Seah, W. T., & Clarkson, P. C. (2001). Values portrayed by mathematics teachers. In C. Vale & J. Horwood & J. Roumeliotis (Eds.), 2001: A mathematical odyssey (pp. 403-410). Melbourne, Australia: The Mathematical Association of Victoria.

Seah, W. T., & Bishop, A. J. (2001, December 2-6). Crossing cultural borders: The negotiation of value conflicts by migrant teachers of mathematics in Australia. Paper presented at the 2001 Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Fremantle, Australia.

Seah, W. T., Bishop, A. J., FitzSimons, G. E., & Clarkson, P. C. (2001, December 2-6). Exploring issues of control over values teaching in the mathematics classroom. Paper presented at the 2001 Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Fremantle, Australia.

Seah, W. T. (2001, September 24). Soul, mind, action!: Partnership between affect and cognition in human awareness. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Monash University Educational Research Community for Students and Staff, Clayton, Australia.

Bishop, A. J., FitzSimons, G. E., Seah, W. T., & Clarkson, P. C. (2001). Do teachers implement their intended values in mathematics classrooms? In M. v. d. Heuvel-Panhuizen (Ed.), Proceedings of the 25th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 2, pp. 169-176). Utrecht, The Netherlands: Freudenthal Institute.

Seah, W. T., & Bishop, A. (2001). Teaching more than numeracy: The socialisation experience of a migrant teacher. In J. Bobis & B. Perry & M. Mitchelmore (Eds.), Numeracy and beyond: Proceedings of the twenty-fourth annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Incorporated held at the University of Sydney, 30 June - 4 July, 2001 (Vol. 2, pp. 442-450). Turramurra, Australia: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Incorporated.

FitzSimons, G., Seah, W. T., Bishop, A., & Clarkson, P. (2001). Beyond numeracy: Values in the mathematics classroom. In J. Bobis & B. Perry & M. Mitchelmore (Eds.), Numeracy and beyond: Proceedings of the twenty-fourth annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Incorporated held at the University of Sydney, 30 June - 4 July, 2001 (Vol. 1, pp. 202-209). Turramurra, Australia: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Incorporated.

Clarkson, P. C., Bishop, A. J., FitzSimons, G., & Seah, W. T. (2001). Lifelong learning and values: An undervalued legacy of mathematics education? In G. E. FitzSimons, J. O'Donoghue & D. Coben (Eds.), Adult and lifelong education in mathematics: Papers from the Working Group for Action (WGA) 6, 9th International Congress on Mathematics Education (ICME9) (pp. 37-46). Melbourne, Australia: Adults Learning Mathematics, & Language Australia.

Seah, W. T. (2000). What [values] the mathematics textbook also teaches. Vinculum, 37(3), 24.

Seah, W. T., & Bishop, A. J. (2000). Researching values with migrant/expatriate teachers of mathematics. In J. Wakefield (Ed.), Mathematics: Shaping the future (pp. 348-355). Melbourne, Australia: The Mathematical Association of Victoria.

Bishop, A. J., Clarkson, P. C., FitzSimons, G. E., & Seah, W. T. (2000). Why study values in mathematics teaching: Contextualising the VAMP project? In W. S. Horng & F. L. Lin (Eds.), Proceedings of the HPM 2000 Conference: History in mathematics education: Challenges for a new millennium (Vol. 2, pp. 147-154). Taipei, Taiwan: National Taiwan Normal University.

Clarkson, P. C., Bishop, A. J., FitzSimons, G. E., & Seah, W. T. (2000). Methodology challenges and constraints in the VAMP project. In W. S. Horng & F. L. Lin (Eds.), Proceedings of the HPM 2000 Conference: History in mathematics education: Challenges for a new millennium (Vol. 2, pp. 155-162). Taipei, Taiwan: National Taiwan Normal University.

FitzSimons, G. E., Seah, W. T., Bishop, A. J., & Clarkson, P. C. (2000). Conceptions of values and mathematics education held by Australian primary teachers: Preliminary findings from VAMP. In W. S. Horng & F. L. Lin (Eds.), Proceedings of the HPM 2000 Conference: History in mathematics education: Challenges for a new millennium (Vol. 2, pp. 163-171). Taipei, Taiwan: National Taiwan Normal University.

Clarkson, P., Bishop, A. J., FitzSimons, G., & Seah, W. T. (2000, July 31 - August 6). Life-long learning and values: An undervalued legacy of mathematics education? Paper presented at the 9th International Congress on Mathematical Education, Tokyo/Makuhari, Japan.

FitzSimons, G., Seah, W. T., Bishop, A. J., & Clarkson, P. C. (2000). What might be learned from researching values in mathematics education? In T. Nakahara & M. Koyama (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1, pp. 153). Hiroshima, Japan: Hiroshima University.

Clarkson, P., Bishop, A. J., FitzSimons, G. E., & Seah, W. T. (2000). Challenges and constraints in researching values. In J. Bana & A. Chapman (Eds.), Mathematics education beyond 2000: Proceedings of the twenty-third annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia , held at Fremantle, Western Australia, 5-9 July, 2000. (Vol. 1, pp. 188-195). Perth, Australia: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Incorporated.

Seah, W. T., & Bishop, A. J. (2000, April 24-28). Values in mathematics textbooks: A view through two Australasian regions. Paper presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 440 870).

Seah, W. T., & Bishop, A. J. (1999). Realizing a mathematics education for nation-building in Southeast Asia in the new millennium [CD-ROM]. In S. P. Loo (Ed.), Proceedings of the MERA-ERA Joint Conference 1999 (Vol. 3, pp. 1241-1249). Malaysia and Singapore: Malaysian Educational Research Association and Educational Research Association Singapore.

Clarkson, P. C., FitzSimons, G. E., & Seah, W. T. (1999). Values relevant to mathematics? I'd like to see that! In N. Scott & D. Tynan & G. Asp & H. Chick & J. Dowsey & B. McCrae & J. McIntosh & K. Stacey (Eds.), Mathematics: Across the ages (pp. 129-132). Victoria, Australia: The Mathematical Association of Victoria.

Bishop, A., FitzSimons, G., Seah, W. T., & Clarkson, P. (1999, 2000 March 28). Values in mathematics education: Making values teaching explicit in the mathematics classroom. Proceedings of the AARE-NZARE Conference 1999, [Online]. Australian Association for Research in Education Inc. Available online [2000, April 4].

Seah, W. T. (1999). Values in Singapore and Victoria lower secondary mathematics textbooks: A preliminary study. In Y. P. Leong & M. A. K. Clements (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the Department of Science and Mathematics Education: Cultural and language aspects of science, mathematics, and technical education (pp. 389-398). Brunei: Universiti Brunei Darussalam.

Seah, W. T. (1999). The portrayal and relative emphasis of mathematical and mathematics educational values in Victoria and Singapore lower secondary mathematics textbooks: A preliminary study. Unpublished Master of Education project, Monash University, Melbourne.