Dr Seyum Getenet

Dr Seyum Getenet
NameDr Seyum Getenet
Email Addressseyum.getenet@unisq.edu.au
Job TitleSenior Lecturer (Mathematics Curriculum and Pedagogy)
QualificationsGCRsch Tas, MA Addis Ababa, MSc Twente, PhD Tas
DepartmentSchool of Education
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8338-4326
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Biography

Seyum Getenet is an experienced mathematics teacher educator with extensive research and teaching experience, course and unit coordination at various levels. Seyum’s main research interests are in STEM education, mathematics curriculum and pedagogy, with a strong focus on initial teacher education informed by design-based research. He has a commencing track record of published refereed journal articles and conference papers in teacher and mathematics education. In particular, he has published a peer-reviewed article on professional development strategies for mathematics teachers in Australia. Seyum has a special interest in mathematics pedagogical content knowledge to frame mathematics teachers’ teaching in schools. He has adopted several theories of knowledge for teaching mathematics and wrote a paper that proposed a framework for the knowledge required to teach technology-integrated mathematics teaching. Seyum accepts and supervises higher-degree students in STEM, mathematics and teacher education.

Expertise

Mathematics Education

Numeracy

Primary Schools

Teacher Education

Pre-service teachers

Teaching

EDM5005: Mathematics Curriculum and Pedagogical Studies I

EDM8005: Mathematics Curriculum and Pedagogical Studies II

EPM4100: Mathematics in Context

EPS2008: Developing Mathematical Knowledge for Innovative Teaching

Fields of Research

  • 390109. Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy
  • 390303. Higher education
  • 390304. Primary education
  • 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators
  • 390405. Educational technology and computing

Professional Membership

Professional MembershipYear
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME)
GCRsch
Tas
2015
MA
Addis Ababa
2006
MSc
Twente
2011
PhD
Tas
2015

Current Supervisions

Research TitleSupervisor TypeLevel of StudyCommenced
The Implementation of Problem-based Learning to Impact Writing Skills for English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Students in Year 3 in Australia.Principal SupervisorMasters2022
Machine Learning (ML) to Enhance Student Engagement in Online Learning: A study focusing on teacher behaviour and movementsPrincipal SupervisorDoctoral2021
Exploring Pre-Service teachers digital literacies self-efficacy  Associate SupervisorDoctoral2020
Mathematical Readiness of South Asian International Students Studying Degrees Dependent on Quantitative Reasoning: An Australian Case StudyPrincipal SupervisorDoctoral2020
The effects of spatial training on female students progression through the van Hiele levels of geometric thinking, and attitude and achievement in high school mathematics.Associate SupervisorDoctoral2019

Completed Supervisions

Research TitleSupervisor TypeLevel of StudyCompleted
COLLABORATION IN REMOTE ACCESS LABORATORIES Associate SupervisorDoctoral2020
Project titleDetailsYear
Using interactive technologies to improve student engagement in online learning in higher educationThe goals of the initiative are to enhance students’ engagement in online learning and develop students’ technological skills for studying and for their future professions. We will embed various technologies throughout our courses (Padlet, Google collaborative tools, Panopto quizzes) and gauge their effectiveness in engaging students.
Item reviewedYear
Australian Educational Researcher
Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education
Mathematics Education Research Journal
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
Frontiers in Education
Teaching and Teacher Education
Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) conference
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) Conference

The influence of students’ prior numeracy achievement on later numeracy achievement as a function of gender and year levels

Getenet, S.. 2023. "The influence of students’ prior numeracy achievement on later numeracy achievement as a function of gender and year levels." Mathematics Education Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-023-00469-7

Using interactive technologies to enhance student engagement in higher education online learning

Getenet, Seyum and Tualaulelei, Eseta. 2023. "Using interactive technologies to enhance student engagement in higher education online learning." Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education. 39 (4), pp. 220-234. https://doi.org/10.1080/21532974.2023.2244597

Investigating Pre-Service Teachers’ Skills in Designing Numeracy Activities Across Curriculum Areas Involving Statistics

Getenet, Seyum. 2023. "Investigating Pre-Service Teachers’ Skills in Designing Numeracy Activities Across Curriculum Areas Involving Statistics." Reid-O'Connor, B., Prieto-Rodriguez, E., Holmes, K. and Hughes, A. (ed.) 45th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA45). Newcastle, Australia 02 - 06 Jul 2023 Australia.

Characteristics of engaging teaching videos in higher education: a systematic literature review of teachers’ behaviours and movements in video conferencing

Verma, Navdeep, Getenet, Seyum, Dann, Christopher and Shaik, Thanveer. 2023. "Characteristics of engaging teaching videos in higher education: a systematic literature review of teachers’ behaviours and movements in video conferencing." Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning. 18. https://doi.org/10.58459/rptel.2023.18040

Investigating the use of the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) test results

Getenet, Seyum and Getnet, Hailu. 2023. "Investigating the use of the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) test results." Studies in Educational Evaluation. 78. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2023.101277

Students’ behavioural engagement with recorded lecture videos: Panopto video analytics

Getenet, Seyum, Singh, Niharika, Tualaulelei, Eseta, Pillay, Yosheen and Worsley, Sue. 2022. "Students’ behavioural engagement with recorded lecture videos: Panopto video analytics." EdMedia + Innovate Learning Conference 2022. United States 01 - 03 Nov 2022 United States.

Teachers’ Knowledge Framework for Designing Numeracy Rich Tasks across Non-Mathematics Curriculum Areas

Getenet, Seyum Tekeher. 2022. "Teachers’ Knowledge Framework for Designing Numeracy Rich Tasks across Non-Mathematics Curriculum Areas." International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology. 10 (3), pp. 663-680. https://doi.org/10.46328/ijemst.2137

The Role of Technologies to Enhance Pre-service Teachers’ Engagement in an Online Mathematics Education Course

Getenet, Seyum, Worsley, Sue, Tualaulelei, Eseta and Pillay, Yosheen. 2022. "The Role of Technologies to Enhance Pre-service Teachers’ Engagement in an Online Mathematics Education Course." Fitzallen, Noleine, Murphy, Carol and Hatisaru, Vesife (ed.) 44th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA44). Launceston, Australia 03 - 07 Jul 2022 Adelaide, Australia.

George Preferred Learning Fraction Concepts with Physical Rather than Virtual Manipulatives

Getenet, Seyum. 2022. "George Preferred Learning Fraction Concepts with Physical Rather than Virtual Manipulatives." Fitzallen, Noleine, Murphy, Carol and Hatisaru, Vesife (ed.) 44th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA44). Launceston, Australia 03 - 07 Jul 2022 Adelaide, Australia.

Designing Professional Development: Beyond General Principles

Getenet, Seyum, Callingham, Rosemary and Beswick, Kim. 2014. "Designing Professional Development: Beyond General Principles." Anderson, Judy, Cavanagh, Michael and Prescott, Anne (ed.) 37nd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA37). Sydney, Australia 29 Jun - 03 Jul 2014

First-year education students' time and space preferences: Accessing study materials online

Johnston, Robbie, Fluck, Andrew, Robertson, Margaret and Getenet, Seyum. 2012. "First-year education students' time and space preferences: Accessing study materials online." Teaching Matters 2012. Launceston, Tasmania 04 Dec 2012 Tasmania.

Machine learning system to guide teacher reflection on behavior management skills

Dann, Christopher, O'Neill, Shirley, Getenet, Seyum, Aboufarw, Khaled, Verma, Navdeep, Chakraborty, Subrata, Yu, Kun, Edmondson, Shawn, Quirke-Bolt, Nigel, Levy, Dalit, McFarlane, Stephen, Quadrelli, Carol, Daly, Molly and Seifert, Tami. 2021. "Machine learning system to guide teacher reflection on behavior management skills." Bastiaens, Theo (ed.) Innovate Learning Summit 2021. United States 09 - 11 Nov 2021 United States.

Enhancing mathematics teacher educators' technological pedagogical content knowledge through collaborative professional development

Getenet, Seyum Tekeher. 2015. Enhancing mathematics teacher educators' technological pedagogical content knowledge through collaborative professional development. PhD Thesis Doctor of Philosophy. University of Tasmania.

Predictors of children’s achievement: analysis of the Australian National Numeracy Assessment Program

Getenet, Seyum and Beswick, Kim. 2021. "Predictors of children’s achievement: analysis of the Australian National Numeracy Assessment Program." Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability. 33 (4), pp. 591-620. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11092-021-09364-w

Correction to: Teaching interrelated concepts of fraction for understanding and teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge

Getenet, Seyum and Callingham, Rosemary. 2020. "Correction to: Teaching interrelated concepts of fraction for understanding and teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge." Mathematics Education Research Journal. 32 (4), pp. 683-684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-019-00282-1

Adapting technological pedagogical content knowledge framework to teach mathematics

Getenet, Seyum Tekeher. 2017. "Adapting technological pedagogical content knowledge framework to teach mathematics." Education and Information Technologies. 22 (5), pp. 2629-2644. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-016-9566-x

Video-enhanced feedback

Dann, Christopher and Getenet, Seyum. 2020. "Video-enhanced feedback." Tatnall, Arthur (ed.) Encyclopedia of education and information technologies. Switzerland. Springer.

Teacher education and professional development for technology integrated teaching

Getenet, Seyum and Beswick, Kim. 2020. "Teacher education and professional development for technology integrated teaching." Tatnall, Arthur (ed.) Encyclopedia of education and information technologies. Switzerland. Springer.

Technology and the knowledge quartet

Oates, Greg, Callingham, Rosemary, Getenet, Seyum, Hay, Ian, Beswick, Kim and Thomas, Damon. 2019. "Technology and the knowledge quartet." Hine, Gregory, Blackley, Susan and Cooke, Audrey (ed.) 42nd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA42). Perth, Western Australia 30 Jun - 04 Jul 2019

Designing a professional development program for mathematics teachers for effective use of technology in teaching

Getenet, Seyum Tekeher. 2020. "Designing a professional development program for mathematics teachers for effective use of technology in teaching." Education and Information Technologies. 25 (3), pp. 1855-1873. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-019-10056-8

Using design-based research to bring partnership between researchers and practitioners

Getenet, Seyum. 2019. "Using design-based research to bring partnership between researchers and practitioners." Educational Research. 61 (4), pp. 482-494. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2019.1677168

Teaching interrelated concepts of fraction for understanding and teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge

Getenet, Seyum and Callingham, Rosemary. 2021. "Teaching interrelated concepts of fraction for understanding and teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge." Mathematics Education Research Journal. 33 (2), pp. 201-221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-019-00275-0

The practice of using NAPLAN numeracy test results: a review of the literature

Getenet, Seyum and Fanshawe, Melissa. 2018. "The practice of using NAPLAN numeracy test results: a review of the literature." Hunter, Jodie, Darragh, Lisa and Perger, Pam (ed.) 41st Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA41). Auckland, New Zealand 01 - 05 Jul 2018 Adelaide, Australia.

Teaching fractions for understanding: addressing interrelated concepts

Getenet, Seyum and Callingham, Rosemary. 2017. "Teaching fractions for understanding: addressing interrelated concepts." Downton, Ann, Livy, Sharyn and Hall, Jennifer (ed.) 40th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA40). Melbourne, Australia 02 - 06 Jul 2017 Adelaide, Australia.

Teenagers perceptions of teachers: a developmental argument

J-F, J- F, Swabey, Karen, Pullen, Darren, Getenet, Seyum and Dowden, Tony. 2018. "Teenagers perceptions of teachers: a developmental argument." Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 43 (2), pp. 26-38. https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2018v43n2.2

Design-based research in doctoral studies: adding a new dimension to doctoral research

Goff, Wendy and Getenet, Seyum. 2017. "Design-based research in doctoral studies: adding a new dimension to doctoral research." International Journal of Doctoral Studies. 12, pp. 107-121. https://doi.org/10.28945/3761

Towards 'operating within' the field: doctoral students' views of supervisors' discipline expertise

Gube, Jan, Getenet, Seyum, Satariyan, Adnan and Muhammad, Yaar. 2017. "Towards 'operating within' the field: doctoral students' views of supervisors' discipline expertise." International Journal of Doctoral Studies. 12, pp. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.28945/3641

Using dynamic software to teach mathematical concepts: the cases of GeoGebra and Microsoft Mathematics

Getenet, Seyum. 2018. "Using dynamic software to teach mathematical concepts: the cases of GeoGebra and Microsoft Mathematics." The Electronic Journal of Mathematics and Technology. 12 (1), pp. 209-229.

Professionalizing in- service teachers’ focus on technological pedagogical and content knowledge

Getenet, Seyum Tekeher, Beswick, Kim and Callingham, Rosemary. 2016. "Professionalizing in- service teachers’ focus on technological pedagogical and content knowledge." Education and Information Technologies. 21 (1), pp. 19-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-013-9306-4

The impact of professional development on early childhood educators’ confidence, understanding and knowledge of education for sustainability

Dyment, Janet E., Davis, Julie M., Nailon, Diane, Emery, Sherridan, Getenet, Seyum, McCrea, Nadine and Hill, Allen. 2014. "The impact of professional development on early childhood educators’ confidence, understanding and knowledge of education for sustainability." Environmental Education Research. 20 (5), pp. 660-679. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2013.833591

Perspectives on professional development in Australian education: some realities of Standards-based professional development

Getenet, Seyum, Trimble, Allison and Nailon, Diane. 2013. "Perspectives on professional development in Australian education: some realities of Standards-based professional development." International Journal of Innovative Interdisciplinary Research. 2 (2), pp. 34-48.

Mathematics teacher educators’ and pre-service teachers’ beliefs about the use of technology in teaching in an African university

Getenet, Seyum. 2013. "Mathematics teacher educators’ and pre-service teachers’ beliefs about the use of technology in teaching in an African university." International Journal of Innovative Interdisciplinary Research. 2 (2), pp. 9-20.

Exploring how adults who work with young children conceptualise sustainability and describe their practice initiatives

Hill, Allen, Emery, Sherridan, Nailon, Di, Dyment, Janet, Getenet, Seyum, McCrea, Nadine and Davis, Julie M.. 2014. "Exploring how adults who work with young children conceptualise sustainability and describe their practice initiatives." Australasian Journal of Early Childhood. 39 (3), pp. 14-22.

Measuring mathematics teacher educators' knowledge of technology integrated teaching: instrument development

Getenet, Seyum Tekeher and Beswick, Kim. 2013. "Measuring mathematics teacher educators' knowledge of technology integrated teaching: instrument development." Steinle, Vicki, Ball, Lynda and Bardini, Caroline (ed.) 36th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA36). Melbourne, Australia 07 - 11 Jul 2013 Australia.

Using ICT in teaching a specific mathematics concept: graphs of logarithmic functions

Getenet, Seyum Tekeher and Beswick, Kim. 2014. "Using ICT in teaching a specific mathematics concept: graphs of logarithmic functions." Oesterle, Susan, Liljedahl, Peter, Nicol, Cynthia and Allan, Darien (ed.) 38th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and the 36th Conference of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 38/PME-NA 36). Vancouver, Canada 15 - 20 Jul 2014 Czech Republic.

Conceptualising technology integrated mathematics teaching: the STAMP knowledge framework

Getenet, Seyum Tekeher, Beswick, Kim and Callingham, Rosemary. 2015. "Conceptualising technology integrated mathematics teaching: the STAMP knowledge framework." 2015 Annual Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Mathematics Education: Climbing Mountains, Building Bridges (PME 39):. Hobart, Australia 13 - 18 Jul 2015 Czech Republic.

Exploring supervisory support in an Australian university: perspectives of doctoral students in an education faculty

Satariyan, Adnan, Getenet, Seyum, Gube, Jan and Muhammad, Yaar. 2015. "Exploring supervisory support in an Australian university: perspectives of doctoral students in an education faculty." Journal of the Australia and New Zealand Student Services Association. 46, pp. 1-12.

School dropout and associations with anti-social behaviours: a Bhutanese study

Sonam, Gyamtsho, J-F, Dr., Getenet, Seyum and Swabey, Karen. 2015. "School dropout and associations with anti-social behaviours: a Bhutanese study." Bhutan Journal of Research and Development. 3 (2), pp. 1-12.

Linking Research and Practice: Educational Design Research

Getenet, Seyum Tekeher and Beswick, Kim. 2016. "Linking Research and Practice: Educational Design Research." Fan, Si and Fielding, Jill (ed.) What is Next in Educational Research?. Netherlands . Brill. pp. 29-40

Pre-service teachers and ChatGPT in multistrategy problem-solving: Implications for mathematics teaching in primary schools

Getenet, Seyum. 2024. "Pre-service teachers and ChatGPT in multistrategy problem-solving: Implications for mathematics teaching in primary schools." International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education. 19 (1). https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/14141

Students’ digital technology attitude, literacy and self‑efficacy and their effect on online learning engagement

Getenet, Seyum, Cantle, Robert, Redmond, Petrea and Albion, Peter. 2024. "Students’ digital technology attitude, literacy and self‑efficacy and their effect on online learning engagement." International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-023-00437-y

First-year Preservice Teachers’ Understanding of Digital Technologies and Their Digital Literacy, Efficacy, Attitude, and Online Learning Engagement: Implication for Course Design

Getenet, Seyum, Haeusler, Carole, Redmond, Petrea, Cantle, Robert and Crouch, Vanessa. 2024. "First-year Preservice Teachers’ Understanding of Digital Technologies and Their Digital Literacy, Efficacy, Attitude, and Online Learning Engagement: Implication for Course Design." Technology, Knowledge and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-023-09724-z

Examining students’ behavioural engagement in lecture videos with and without embedded quizzes in an online course.

Singh, Niharika, Getenet, Seyum and Tualaulelei, Eseta. 2023. "Examining students’ behavioural engagement in lecture videos with and without embedded quizzes in an online course." 40th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2023). Christchurch, New Zealand 03 - 06 Dec 2023 New Zealand. https://doi.org/10.14742/apubs.2023.571

Designing an artificial intelligence tool to understand student engagement based on teacher's behaviours and movements in video conferencing

Verma, Navdeep, Getenet, Seyum, Dann, Christopher and Shaik, Thanveer. 2023. "Designing an artificial intelligence tool to understand student engagement based on teacher's behaviours and movements in video conferencing." Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence. 5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2023.100187

Describing a teacher’s pedagogical mathematical knowledge in STEM teaching

Getenet, Seyum, Fielding-Wells, Jill, Hay, Ian and Callingham, Rosemary. 2023. "Describing a teacher’s pedagogical mathematical knowledge in STEM teaching." Mathematics Education Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-023-00480-y

Are the technologies you’re using really engaging students online?

Tualaulelei, Eseta and Getenet, Seyum. 2023. "Are the technologies you’re using really engaging students online?" ASCILITE Technology Enhanced Learning Blog.