Rate My Professor Ann Gervasoni

Ann Gervasoni is Associate Professor of Numeracy in the Faculty of Education at Monash University’s Clayton Campus, within the School of Curriculum Teaching & Inclusive Education. She holds a PhD focused on enhancing learning for children vulnerable in mathematics, along with an MEd (hons), BEd, and DipT. Prior to her current role, she spent 13 years in primary schools as a classroom teacher and administrator, served as a mathematics consultant with the Catholic Education Office Melbourne, and was a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education at Australian Catholic University. Gervasoni contributed to the Victorian-based Early Numeracy Research Project (1999-2001) as a research team member and directed the Bridging the Numeracy Gap in Low SES and Indigenous Communities Project (2009-2011), funded by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. She currently leads projects such as Let’s Count, funded by The Smith Family, and Numeracy@Home, funded by the Australian Research Council, both examining mathematics learning in 3-5 year-old children in family contexts. Her career includes community engagement initiatives like introducing the Ballarat Clemente Program for marginalized adults and establishing Maths Clubs for low socioeconomic status communities in Ballarat.

Gervasoni’s research specializations encompass mathematics and science education, early years and primary mathematics learning, mathematics difficulties, intervention approaches, whole school improvement strategies, whole number learning, curriculum, pedagogy, leadership, and professional learning in mathematics education. She developed the Extending Mathematical Understanding (EMU) intervention program, utilized across three Australian states, and collaborates with principals and mathematics leaders in 150 New South Wales schools on system-wide reforms. Key publications include 'Advancing mathematics learning in the early years' (2024, co-authored with Russo et al.), 'Harnessing the expertise of mathematics intervention teachers to support primary teachers through co-teaching cycles' (2024, co-authored with Downton et al.), 'Factors that promote interest and engagement in learning mathematics for low-achieving primary students across three learning settings' (2023, co-authored with Roche et al.), and earlier works such as 'Understanding, assessing and developing young children’s mathematical thinking: Research as a powerful tool for professional growth' (2001). Her contributions have earned awards including the Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation (2009), Australian Catholic University Vice-Chancellor’s Staff Award for Outstanding Community Engagement (2008), Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Research Award (2011), Beth Southwell Practical Implications Award (2016), and Federation University Alumna of the Year (2017). She has served as a visiting scholar at Aarhus University, Denmark (2013), and Bielefeld University, Germany (2014).