Dr Carmel Mesiti

BA (Mathematics), GDipEd, BTeach, PGDipEdSt, MEd, PhD

Dr Carmel Mesiti is a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education and the Master of Teaching (Primary) course coordinator in the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne. Dr Mesiti’s research has centred on exploring, through international video-based research, the nature of teaching and learning in mathematics classrooms. Dr Mesiti worked as project manager of The International Classroom Lexicon Project, funded by the Australian Council of Research, which resulted in a published volume with contributions from 46 researchers. This collection of 21 chapters presents and interrogates the nature of pedagogical lexicons of 10 education communities worldwide.

Dr Mesiti has delivered professional development workshops for in-service teachers and early career researchers worldwide. She began her career in government schools as a secondary school mathematics teacher teaching mathematics across years 7 to 12 and held significant leadership positions including head of the mathematics faculty.