Dr Thelma Perso

Thelma was a classroom teacher of mathematics in Western Australian schools for over 20 years, eight of which were as Head of Department. During this time she completed a Masters degree and PhD in Mathematics Education. In 1998 she became the Senior Curriculum Officer with the Department of Education in WA.

In 2002 she received a Churchill Fellowship to investigate Indigenous numeracy in Canada and New Zealand and this resulted in the publishing of a book on Improving Aboriginal Numeracy for international educators.

In 2003 she moved to the ACT to take up a position as Curriculum Manager and is currently the Director of Curriculum for Education Queensland.

She has written and/or edited over 30 books for teachers on teaching and learning, authentic assessment, and pedagogy as well as presented hundreds of teacher workshops and key-note addresses at conferences in Australia and overseas.