LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1. 1 MISMATCH BETWEEN POLICY ON GENERAL CURRICULA AND POLICY ON MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM
FIGURE 1. 2 MISMATCH BETWEEN POLICY AND PRACTICE
FIGURE 1. 3 PNG EDUCATION STRUCTURE : PRIOR TO 1994
FIGURE 1. 4 CURRENT PNG EDUCATION STRUCTURE : FROM 1994

FIGURE 2. 1 POMPEU’S APPROACHES TO THE CURRICULUM (POMPEU, 1992)
FIGURE 2. 2 THE PROBLEMATIQUE
FIGURE 2. 3 PROPOSED RESEARCH - TEACHER BELIEFS AND PRACTICE

FIGURE 3. 1 LEVEL 4 RESEARCH MODEL ( GROUWS AND KOEHLER, 1992: P.118)
FIGURE 3. 2 HOW THE PROPOSED STUDY RELATES TO THE POMPEU MODEL
FIGURE 3. 3 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL VIEWS CONTINUUM

FIGURE 6. 1 SM AND CM BELIEFS CONTINUUM
FIGURE 6. 2 BELIEFS ABOUT NATURE OF MATHEMATICS AND CORRESPONDING PRACTICE
FIGURE 6. 3 ANOVA - SCHOOL A
FIGURE 6. 4 ANOVA - SCHOOL B
FIGURE 6. 5 ANOVA - SCHOOL C
FIGURE 6. 6 THE CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK