John Gough

Dr John Gough retired as Senior Lecturer in Education at Deakin University (Australia) at the end of 2011, after a career in Mathematics Education and related topics. He trained as a Secondary mathematics teacher, and taught mathematics in Secondary schools in Melbourne for two years. John was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea from 1982 to 1985. Returning to Melbourne from 1986 he spent the rest of his professional career in teacher education at Victoria College, and then Deakin University, following its amalgamation with Victoria College. He lectured in Primary and Secondary mathematics education, educational assessment, and the philosophy and psychology of education.

John has published diversely, including several books on mathematics games, diagnostic school mathematics assessment, and many journal articles on mathematics education, Logo programming, children’s literature, and assessment. He continues to publish in specialist educational journals, especially in Primary and Secondary mathematics education, and assessment.