DEVELOPING NEW STATISTICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE WITH SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS TEACHERS

This paper describes a pilot study exploring the acquisition of new statistical content knowledge by teachers, which is now needed as a result of curriculum change. The teachers involved in the study formed a professional learning community where their learning needs with respect to changes in the statistics curriculum were identified and workshops presented to help meet these needs. In the paper teachers' understanding of new statistical content knowledge and learning experiences are reported. Initial findings support previous research into how teachers learn and show that new content knowledge is not automatically gained through their participation in professional development.