http://www.educationreview.com.au/ This feed displays the lastest stories from Education Review. Copyright 2006-2010 APN Educational Media Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Education Review Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT 1440 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18191 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18191 A research team at the University of New England has begun validating the new professional standards for teachers and will gather information from... Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18190 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18190 The NSW government has announced 300 teacher scholarships worth up to $23,000 each are available to students who agree to teach in the state's... Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18189 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18189 An Afghani woman whose schools for girls were forced "underground" during the height of the Taliban government has told an Australian audience of the... Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18188 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18188 Victorian teachers want more resources to keep Years 8 and 9 students on track by offering a broader curriculum. Australian Education Union (AEU)... Thu, 2 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18073 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18073 An autism awareness group founded by parents will receive $300,000 from the NSW Government to make a film to educate school children about the... Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18072 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18072 Children who survived Black Saturday have become victims yet again as thieves keep targeting schools in bushfire-affected areas. Six desktop... Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18071 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18071 Climate change, education and immigration are the top three political issues Australians seek on the internet, new research reveals. The research... Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18070 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18070 The best books for children published this year have been recognised by the Children's Book Council of Australia. The 'Children's Book of the Year... Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18069 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18069 NSW TAFE institutes are to offer bachelor degrees and could compete with universities for students under a bold plan aimed at combating skills... Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17975 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17975 The Labor party has said it wants financial literacy material included in the national maths curriculum and rolled out to schools in 2011. There will... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17974 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17974 Teachers, technology and trade training have been added recently to the education policies of the federal Opposition. Opposition leader Tony Abbott,... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17973 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17973 Australian Greens leader Bob Brown wants Labor's original proposal for a 40 per cent resource super profits tax revived so the extra revenue can fund... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17972 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17972 Children are being encouraged to explore a "rainbow" of fruit and vegetables in a bid to improve the diet of young Australian. Avocado growers on... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17971 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17971 The results are in, and the Labor government led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been returned to power. Well, not quite. But that's what would... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17970 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17970 By Dr Kevin Donnelly Director of Education Standards Institute and author of 'Australia's Education Revolution: How Kevin Rudd Won and Lost the... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17790 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17790 Students are concerned the current school system does not adequately measure their own success and achievement, the largest national survey of... Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17789 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17789 The education policy announcements continue to come thick and fast in the lead up to election day. In the past week the Labor party has announced a... Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17788 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17788 The Victorian government has released a 10-year plan to improve health and education for Aboriginal children. A study of 33,500 Aboriginal children... Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17787 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17787 When it comes to getting information about sex, only 20 per cent of young people turn to schools, a new survey claims. Family Planning NSW and... Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17786 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17786 The NSW government has released a list of 101 schools that will have un-flued gas heaters replaced by next winter, at a cost of $15 million. But a... Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17785 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17785 Australian schools have been told to broaden their drug education programs as research shows how many teens are experimenting with anabolic steroids.... Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17457 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17457 Educators across Australia are looking for real commitments to education that move beyond the slogans and the fever of the electoral process.... Thu, 5 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17456 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17456 Prime Minister Julia Gillard has promised a report into Labor's school buildings program will be released before the federal election. In April,... Thu, 5 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17455 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17455 Federal Education Minister Simon Crean has denied he's broken a Labor promise to overhaul school funding, saying a further delay offers "certainty"... Thu, 5 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17454 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17454 School principals have cautiously welcomed Labor's pledge to give them greater autonomy, but want Prime Minister Julia Gillard to better flesh out... Thu, 5 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17453 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17453 A slide in the nation's commitment to improving early childhood education would significantly damage Australia's economy, a leading advocacy group... Thu, 5 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17452 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17452 Researchers want to discover if Australian parents are depriving children of a sense of responsibility by micromanaging their lives. A team of... Thu, 5 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17451 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17451 The federal opposition's $314 million policy to support students with disabilities has been met with mixed reaction. It was announced on Friday that... Thu, 5 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=17916 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=17916 Groundhog Day. Policy by press release. Fiddling round the edges. The disappointment among educators at the policies put forward in this election is... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=17915 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=17915 It's back to the future for the island state. The Tasmania Tomorrow reforms have unravelled, with two of the three post-Year 10 educational... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=17922 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=17922 For principal Gerri Walker, working with South Australia's marginalised youth is about rebuilding their frayed connections to society. Students... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=17923 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=17923 Traditionally the family dog took the blame for missing homework. Now it's more likely to be a worm's fault. The increasing use of computers in... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=17925 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=17925 Do you ever reflect on the experience of nature you had as a child? I often do. Fortunately for me, my experience of outdoors as a child involved... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=17934 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=17934 AITSL has been established in an exciting time for education, with an ambitious agenda and unique opportunity to lead and support real change in... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=17933 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=17933 This work will contribute to the development of the new national professional standards for teachers which began in January 2009. Informed by... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=17932 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=17932 From the standpoint of education and training, the election campaign resembles shadow-boxing. This is clearly reflective of the broader political and... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=17931 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=17931 We now have bipartisan support for the devolution of powers and responsibilities to schools and their principals. Under Labor's plan, participating... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=17930 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=17930 The SEMA Group has won the national Information and Communication Technology (ICT) award at the Australian Information Industry Association's (AIIA)... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=17929 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=17929 It's nearly that time of the year again - NAPLAN tests have been marked and reports are being put together for schools. Student reports will be... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=17928 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=17928 • 2010 is the third year of NAPLAN testing after its introduction in 2008 • 1.1 million students participated in the NAPLAN testing this... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=17927 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=17927 The provision of greater space for principals to write about their school profile and NAPLAN results is one element of the My School enhancement... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=17926 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=17926 • Professor Barry McGaw AO, Chair, ACARA Board • Professor Max Coltheart, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=17924 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=17924 1. Install Internet Security software and regularly check that its threat definitions are up-to-date. If the security software you're using has a... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=17921 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=17921 There are two are two institutions in our society that ensure that people serve their time. In one you get out early for good behavior and in the... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=17920 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=17920 The senior science courses are too complex, overloaded with content and lack an overarching conceptual framework to sufficiently engage students,... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=17919 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=17919 Much like initial reaction to the draft K-10 national maths curriculum, teacher training and support has been highlighted as a key issue with the... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=17918 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=17918 oth the Australian modern history and ancient history documents are relatively conservative and arguably represent a missed opportunity in terms of... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=17917 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=17917 The majority of teachers have rejected the "artificial" four-unit structure of the senior years'English courses and say the senior years' curriculum... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17914 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17914 Primary school principals have welcomed the BER taskforce's interim report, saying it has vindicated the positive view they took of the program all... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17913 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17913 WA Education Minister, Liz Constable is under pressure to reverse funding cuts to 21 regional high schools following a parliamentary inquiry... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17912 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17912 A new university mentoring program is providing student teachers with a more realistic school-based experience, enabling them to develop peer... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17911 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17911 The government's "hands off" approach to the delivery of scripture in NSW public schools has come under attack following details of variable teaching... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17910 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17910 Teacher, project manager, marketer, plumber, psychologist, mediator and facilitator. At one time or another, modern school leaders are all of these... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17114 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17114 With just weeks to go until polling day on 21 August, principals are asking each of the main political parties to set out their education policies.... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17113 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17113 Keeping the current federal funding model for schools will cause the divide between public and private institutions to widen, new research has... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17112 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17112 They're too young to vote but that's not going to stop Australian teenagers from telling Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott and Bob Brown exactly what they... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17111 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17111 Pressure is mounting on the Victorian government to step up driver education rather than rely on punishment to cut the soaring road toll. V8 Supercar... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17110 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17110 Opposition economic spokesman Joe Hockey has said next year's Year 9 students won't receive free laptops if the coalition wins the election. Hockey... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17026 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17026 A re-elected Labor government will introduce a new national trade cadetships program, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced. The $3 million... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17025 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17025 A coalition government will increase the education tax rebate for parents of school children, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott announced yesterday. The... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17024 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17024 A coalition of mental health advocates is calling for greater funding for services for children, as a national debate into overall support for people... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17023 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17023 The success of Western Australia's independent public school program has prompted calls for the initiative to be implemented across the country. On... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17022 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17022 The chair of a parliamentary committee examining youth violence has defended not making a single recommendation on alcohol abuse. The committee's... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17021 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17021 Prime Minister Julia Gillard has promised to release the report into the Building the Education Revolution (BER) before election day if it is ready... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17020 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17020 A coalition plan to review childcare reforms would see droves of childcare professionals leave the industry, a union has said. Opposition childcare... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16951 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16951 The NSW government has failed to protect the secular nature of public schools, according to Greens MP John Kaye. His comments follow reports the... Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16950 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16950 Prime Minister Julia Gillard has revealed she is in favour of mandatory school uniforms, saying they give children a valuable sense of self and... Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16949 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16949 Thousands of young workers will miss out on jobs after the industrial tribunal upheld an award prohibiting short shifts, according to the Australian... Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16948 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16948 Five-year-old Hal's ADHD makes it hard for him to make friends but in just seven weeks of play intervention his social skills have noticeably... Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16947 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16947 Classroom bullies can grow up to be criminals while their victims become depressed for years after their schoolyard fights, new research claims.... Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16621 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16621 Anti-gambling advocates fear gaming venues are grooming children to gamble by providing arcade games mimicking poker machines. The so-called... Thu, 8 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16620 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16620 Young people want and need better access to health services, a group of aspiring parliamentarians has heard. The 90 high school age students gathered... Thu, 8 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16619 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16619 The federal government has released a set of new national standards aimed at better protecting the 34,000 Australian children living in foster care.... Thu, 8 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16618 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16618 Primary school principals have cautiously welcomed a coalition plan to give them a greater say over federally funded projects. Opposition Leader Tony... Thu, 8 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16371 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16371 Gardening can help boost a child's development and make them happier, UK research suggests. A study commissioned by Britain's Royal Horticultural... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16370 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16370 School children will be better placed to understand and respond to natural disasters through a new interactive computer program. Attorney-General... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16369 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16369 Young Australians might be more likely to rank climate change as a concern, but they lag behind their parents and grandparents in taking everyday... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16368 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16368 Children in out-of-home care change schools often, repeat grades, drop out early and suffer higher rates of mental and physical health problems that... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16367 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16367 A public school "mysteriously" received $400,000 from the NSW government after it embarked on a campaign for more classrooms, an inquiry into the... Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16304 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16304 The elevation of Julia Gillard to Prime Minister this morning means a new education minister may bring about a focus on evidence-based policy and on... Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16303 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16303 Overseas students affected by the closure of a Sydney flying school have been paid only $21,000 of the more than $700,000 owed to them. Aerospace... Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16302 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16302 Proposed ethics classes in NSW are at risk after the Department of Education ruled full-time teachers cannot conduct the lessons. Full-time teachers,... Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16301 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16301 A paper designed to craft the first national geography curriculum has been released. The "shape paper" will guide the development of the forthcoming... Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16300 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16300 Three-quarters of Australian parents believe video games have a positive effect on their children, claims a new survey commissioned by video game... Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16299 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16299 The public servant responsible for rolling out school building upgrades across NSW has defended their cost, saying the infrastructure is good value... Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16210 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16210 Miffy Farquharson had a busy day yesterday.The head of the senior years' library at Mentone Grammar School in Victoria met with several teachers to... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16209 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16209 In the last two decades burdened by declining enrolments and negative public perception, Australia's boarding schools have undergone significant... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=16213 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=16213 There is a popular tendency to attribute a great deal, if not most, of the ills associated with young people and social change to the pernicious... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=16212 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=16212 What can be done to help students be more engaged in their learning and make consistent progress in their academic work? Latest research has shown... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=16215 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=16215 Appearing as a tiny dot in the Indian Ocean, Christmas Island is a delicate fusion of culture, language and remote geography. Located 2600km north... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=16226 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=16226 Professor Bill Louden needs little introduction to many educators across Australia. He has been actively engaged in many of the significant... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=16225 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=16225 AITSL Board Chair, Mr Anthony Mackay, said "This is an outstanding appointment. Margery Evans brings a wealth of experience, expertise and commitment... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=16224 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=16224 The Board includes nominees from all jurisdictions and a range of important stakeholders including the Catholic and independent education sectors,... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=16223 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=16223 The Standards are central to the reform agenda of the National Partnership on Improving Teacher Quality that was agreed by all Australian governments... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=16222 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=16222 ACE has recently completed a number of submissions to national consultation processes including the draft Indigenous Education Action Plan, the draft... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=16221 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=16221 Educational reform is going on apace in Australia at present. We have major building projects, computers in schools, the new curriculum, NAPLAN and... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=16220 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=16220 Fellowships are awarded to educators who have been judged by their peers to have made a distinctive contribution to education in Australia.... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=16219 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=16219 According to the promo on its cover from the Times educational supplement, Visible Learning "reveals teaching's Holy Grail". This was a risky gambit.... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=16218 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=16218 Staff travelled the country holding forums and visiting schools which have actively engaged in the trial process. More than 150 schools took part in... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=16217 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=16217 The past year has seen a gradual shift in the understanding of the value of sustainable design in Australian schools. As consultants to over 150... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=16216 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=16216 When Queensland's education minister Geoff Wilson opened the "green" Peregian Springs State School earlier this year he trumpeted the fact that it... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=16214 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=16214 Today's school leaders are required to deliver a new national curriculum, administer a comprehensive national testing program, respond to political... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=16211 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=16211 The Victorian Solar in Schools (VSiS) program has designed resources that can be used by all Australian schools to build understanding of renewable... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16208 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16208 An ingenious concept that links school students with tutors online is being used by schools to address core literacy and numeracy skills. The... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16207 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16207 The debate around funding of independent schools is likely to dominate during the impending review of school funding, submissions to its draft terms... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16206 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16206 Spending school holidays on her grandparents' dairy farm in country Victoria meant Amanda Newton was a city girl who knew exactly where her milk came... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16205 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16205 Initial expert reaction to the draft senior years' national curriculum in English, maths, history and science has been mixed. But most commentators... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16204 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16204 The Grattan Institute's damming report on teacher evaluation is narrowly focused, lacking in detail and should be read with caution, principals and... Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16166 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16166 The federal government is not funding projects being built under the Building the Education Revolution at schools facing closure, education minister... Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16165 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16165 The recently released Queensland and NSW state budgets both contained big education spending. Queensland's education budget included a big boost to... Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16164 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16164 The Tasmanian government has abandoned its controversial post Year 10 education reforms, coming to a compromise with the Greens. The Tasmania... Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16163 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16163 A new resource that aims to help primary school students navigate the internet safely has been launched. The 'Cybersmart Hero' online program is part... Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16124 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16124 Children living in disadvantage are unaware of the harsh realities awaiting them, with a new poll showing all students share the same ambitions and... Thu, 3 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16123 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16123 New figures showing Queensland students' graduation results by school will lead to better standards, not unhelpful league tables, the state's... Thu, 3 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16122 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16122 Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has made it clear - high school students counting on a computer from the federal government won't get it if he wins... Thu, 3 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16121 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16121 Australian researchers are about to begin a landmark study to determine how rejection affects children at one of the most sensitive times in their... Thu, 3 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16120 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16120 As parents rallied outside Parliament House in Canberra yesterday to protest alleged waste and mismanagement in the government's Building the... Thu, 3 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16086 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16086 Australia stands to be $100 billion richer and have 500,000 more people in work each year if the government meets all its long-term educational... Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16085 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16085 Even the smallest increments in school retention can have a significant impact on the adoption of healthy behaviours in later life. That's according... Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16084 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16084 Young people who feel they have control over their lives are more likely to do better at high school, a new study has found. Based on the educational... Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16083 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16083 The government says it is working to lift the quality of teachers in schools, despite a report that gave Australia low marks for teacher development.... Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16082 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16082 Almost 200 trade training centres would be at risk if Opposition Leader Tony Abbott wins the election, according to education minister Julia Gillard.... Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15997 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15997 Queensland's education authorities have launched an investigation into claims of students cheating on national numeracy and literacy tests at two... Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15996 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15996 Parents will now have access to data that details how young children in their community are faring in key developmental areas. The Australian Early... Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15995 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15995 NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has denied that gas heaters without flues pose a health risk to children, despite the state's education department... Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15994 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15994 Parents will be disappointed by shadow treasurer Joe Hockey's plan to shelve key government education programs, education minister Julia Gillard has... Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15993 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15993 A perception that public schools got greater value out of federal funding did not take into account the disrepair of many government schools, an... Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15871 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15871 While the Victorian government is spruiking a $469.5 million boost to education and early childhood development in its 2010/11 budget, the education... Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15870 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15870 Although the South Australian government won't detail complaints about the school stimulus program, it has admitted they do exist. The federal... Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15869 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15869 Two sacked Victorian high school students have appeared before the industrial tribunal to challenge an award that makes it illegal for retailers to... Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15868 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=15868 New anti-harassment laws to be introduced by the federal government will give legal protection to young victims of cyber and classroom bullying. The... Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15805 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15805 The task for teachers is always to educate their students, not just to give them schooling. By schooling, I mean the functional apparatus of schools,... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15801 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15801 Frank's* childhood was brutal and unfeeling, like the military discipline that governed his family home. From a young age, his abusive army officer... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=15806 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=15806 Canterbury Primary School in Victoria is headed by principal Anne Tonkin with associate principals Kim Dray and David Wells. It has 580 students and... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15810 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15810 Picture this. You're travelling through rural Kyrgyzstan. You've just climbed a steep mountain and come across a small remote village. The... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15807 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15807 The draft national curriculum, which is currently out for consultation, is peppered with references to technology. And that, says the Australian... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15904 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15904 I remember reading a newspaper article some time ago that said the adolescent brain doesn't develop into an adult brain until age 25. The article... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15903 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15903 I get slightly tired of the rhetoric around 'education for the twenty-first century', as if the mere passing of a certain multiple of a thousand... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15902 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15902 Transparency is vital to the quality of any open, democratic society, where information flows freely between the general public and governments, and... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=15814 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=15814 Is an important element of school leadership for the longer term, according to educationists Brian Caldwell and David Loader in a new publication... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=15813 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=15813 The Institute will work collaboratively with government and non-government school systems, and key stakeholders including professional associations... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=15812 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=15812 Initial Advice papers are drafted based on research, consultation and advice about issues and future directions for each learning area. 'Lead... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=15811 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=15811 Prior to development and implementation of NAPLAN each state and territory conducted its own regime of numeracy and literacy testing for primary and... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15809 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15809 New research claims 65 per cent of Australian parents do not take any precautions to protect their children online. While two thirds are concerned... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15808 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15808 One of the major platforms the ALP took to the 2007 federal election was the digital education revolution (DER). When Labor won, overnight, the DER... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15804 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15804 JANE CARO Public School Advocate There is an old saying that the people most in favour of any competition are those who are most likely to win it.... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15803 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15803 Humans are tuned for relationships. Relationships are everything. In classrooms, positive relationships facilitate learning and collaboration.... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15802 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15802 As a pre-service teacher, taking control of a classroom of 30 bright-eyed, vivacious young students for the very first time is often a daunting and... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15800 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15800 The total number of students undertaking a VET in Schools program increased by 25 per cent in 2008. School-based apprentices and trainees increased... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15799 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15799 Jimmy needs to try harder. Jimmy must make more effort. Jimmy needs to apply himself more. New research has found that attributions of laziness,... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15798 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15798 They're known as the baby bonus generation or Generation Z and they will be the most formally educated generation in history. And recently Sydney... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15797 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15797 It's often said that university days are the best of your life. Now new research appears to corroborate, showing graduates are happiest in school and... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15796 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15796 It's been billed as one of the most important chapters in the history of schools funding in Australia. The government's promised review into the... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15795 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15795 A leading ethicist has hit back at criticism of the NSW trial into the teaching of ethics, describing the attack led by Anglican Archbishop Peter... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15794 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15794 Schools may be unwittingly breaching federal legislation by failing to effectively deal with both parents following a separation or divorce. New... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15793 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15793 Leading science educators have defended the teaching of climate change against charges of classroom indoctrination - describing it as a matter of... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15792 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15792 The government's P21 program looks set to achieve its intended outcomes, with economic indicators showing it helped reverse the decline in... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15791 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15791 The draft national professional standards for teachers have been released for consultation and, much like the national curriculum, have the... Wed, 5 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15919 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15919 Year 11 student Stephen Smith is not only an elite sportsman - having reached the highest level of baseball training in NSW and a top 25 national... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15790 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15790 For residents of inner Sydney, barely a week passes without a dazzling and noisy fireworks display. No doubt these spectacles bring enjoyment, their... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15789 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15789 Because of the sheer significance of the issue, the Australian College of Educators has taken up the opportunity to respond to the Indigenous... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15788 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15788 The recent media reports highlighting the launch of My School and the subsequent publication of league tables has prompted fresh public debate about... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=15768 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=15768 The Directors, led by Chair Tony Mackay, are very conscious of and committed to the importance of their roles and responsibilities in the... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=15767 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=AITSL&idArticle=15767 The draft Standards set out clearly what teachers should know and be able to do across the domains of professional knowledge, professional practice... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=15766 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=15766 This is the view of John Alston Campbell, director of teaching and learning at Canberra's St Edmund's College, one of almost 150 schools selected to... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=15765 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACARA&idArticle=15765 Australia's education system at the school level is high quality. When Australia moves to a national curriculum from 2011 it needs to be world class... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15758 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15758 More than half of all migrants to Australia each year are children or young people aged 18 years or under. Many of them - particularly children of... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15757 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15757 Over the last decade or so there has been a vast increase in literature on countering bullying in schools. A significant proportion of it has... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15756 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15756 There is an old Chinese proverb that says: "When planning for a year, plant corn; when planning for a decade, plant trees; when planning for life,... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15751 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15751 The students of Bondi Public School have just finished harvesting yet another bunch of fennel. While a group of five children collect all the... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15750 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15750 Experts say the new curriculum needs more clarity and caution in relation to the contextual influences on language, literature and literacy. "Many... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15749 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15749 The curriculum's stated emphasis on applied learning is "rhetorical" with the lead writers choosing a "very safe and very conservative curriculum"... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15748 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15748 Given the new curriculum provides for more complex maths to be learned at an earlier age, mathematicians and teachers, while endorsing the content,... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15747 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15747 The new curriculum's attempt to contextualise Australian history by locating it in the wider context of world events has been welcomed by historians... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15743 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15743 Further, this interference ensures education policy is based on anticipated public popularity rather than sound empirical research. Renowned... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15742 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15742 New legislation will force early childhood and primary school teachers to take exams through registration body, the Queensland College of Teachers,... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15741 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15741 In a survey study of 107 final year pre-service teachers attending a regional Queensland university, teachers fared as poorly as Year 10 students in... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15740 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15740 Further, evidence from a major education review has found that England's drive to raise standards has had mixed results, with positive gains coming... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15739 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15739 For several states the curriculum provides for more complex maths to be learned at an earlier age. While endorsing the content, mathematicians and... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15927 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15927 Australia established its international reputation as a pioneer of distance education in 1951, when the Alice Springs School of the Air began... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15925 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15925 Current education policy (National Curriculum Board, 2009) appeals to the needs of the economy to justify and drive initiatives and funding to... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15924 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15924 These 'reforms' invariably focus on single issues - pedagogy, organisational structures and processes, curriculum, teacher professional development,... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15923 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=ACE&idArticle=15923 We want our profession to be among those recognised by the community, including governments, for their expertise and capacity to contribute to public... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15922 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15922 Australia established its international reputation as a pioneer of distance education in 1951, when the Alice Springs School of the Air began... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15761 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15761 Melanie Dunkley has long lived with the privilege and burden of being a dual citizen and globetrotter. Having studied German at high school, Dunkley... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15760 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15760 Gifted education, and the role of a "thinking curriculum", is the focus that drives Toni Meath in both her professional role and her postgraduate... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15759 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15759 For the past three years Jess Bergas Paz has been implementing the first Spanish immersion program in Australia - at Indooroopilly State High School... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15754 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15754 It's a curious fact, but along with incisive minds greedy for knowledge, academically gifted children have recently been found to hunger for and... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15753 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15753 One might have thought that when the My School website became a reality on 28 January, the debate over school transparency and performance reporting... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15752 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15752 Brendan* was just about to start high school when he became ill. Before the onset of his illness he was academically capable and socially competent.... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15746 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15746 The findings are from the first qualitative analysis of the Life Education program, a drug education program which is now a core part of primary and... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15745 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15745 Dr Ken Rigby, Australia's leading bullying expert, said there was no evidence to back up the claim. "In fact, there is reasonably good evidence to... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15744 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15744 However, working families who access longer hours of care and combine multiple preschool and informal care arrangements, may be doing more harm than... Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Careers&idArticle=15933 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Careers&idArticle=15933 Scholarships are not only for uni study. Scholarships offered by all types of organisations are for study at TAFEs and private providers and... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Careers&idArticle=15932 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Careers&idArticle=15932 TAFEs are all about inclusion not exclusion. That doesn't mean they will let anyone study any course. But it does mean they will help open doors for... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Careers&idArticle=15931 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Careers&idArticle=15931 And, yes, bad teachers can make a lasting impression too. So be a good teacher! What about the cash? Wages are getting better and better for... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Careers&idArticle=15930 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Careers&idArticle=15930 • You can get support online or by phone from your course coordinator - just like having a personal tutor. • You can fit your learning in... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Careers&idArticle=15929 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Careers&idArticle=15929 Growing plants and animals for food and fibre is a both ancient and cutting edge. There is no other industry with such opportunities and... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Careers&idArticle=15928 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Careers&idArticle=15928 Midwives - they're never middle of the road A midwife guides a woman and her partner through pregnancy, childbirth and the early days as a parent.... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15921 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15921 Australia can now claim top spot on the world obesity ladder. Young people are spending less time playing sport, street games and physically active... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15920 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15920 Thousands of children have recently returned to the classroom. But how much sports they do - or should be doing - during their school day remains a... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15910 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15910 Alert to the opportunities offered by virtual environments, education has been one of the fastest sectors to embrace the concept, with hundreds of... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15909 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15909 Since 2002, a US group called the New Media Consortium has published its predictions for the most significant emerging technologies likely to have an... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15908 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15908 Traditional approaches to teaching practice remain largely unchanged, with a new report claiming just a third of teachers use technology effectively... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15907 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15907 Within the first few days of being issued with governmentsponsored laptops, NSW schoolchildren were muttering darkly about the fact that while... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15906 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15906 He has been working to develop the literacies, core skills and strategies needed to deal with the internet, network media and network communications.... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15905 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15905 I recently came across an extraordinary finding - there already exists a cross-sectoral committee that includes the schools, VET and higher education... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15785 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15785 For some time there has been concern about the quality of teacher education courses," says Professor Louise Watson of the University of Canberra.... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15784 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15784 This year, the newly constructed Darwin Middle School is welcoming its very first intake into Year 9, with Years 7 and 8 students having begun at the... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15774 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15774 Year 9 can be a tough time. Teenage hormones have kicked in, interest in school can diminish with a growing social life and academic achievement... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15773 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15773 A desire to share the theory behind Montessori schooling with fellow teachers and to promote the unique education method is what drove Steven Arnold... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15772 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15772 Australian high schools are rolling out wave after wave of new technology as the government's digital education revolution advances. And each state... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15771 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15771 Education stakeholder groups periodically call for more special education funding by citing large increases in the number of "integrated" students... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15770 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15770 With recent policy shifts towards social inclusion, school suspension and other exclusionary practices are outdated and seen as potentially harmful.... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15769 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15769 They're back. Professional standards for teachers - both their development and implementation - have re-emerged as a major priority for governments... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15731 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15731 The lack of a common definition of outdoor education is both a strength and a weakness. A strength because it can be adapted to almost any learning... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15730 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15730 The Visiting International Faculty (VIF) program, the US's largest cultural exchange program for teachers, has been placing Australian teachers in... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15729 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15729 Letter from Tanzania Yes, they speak Swahili here and I am trying too. English is very much a second language and is only taught at high school. So,... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15728 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15728 The virtual world is not only shaping how students interact with each other online, it can also provide an effective model for the physical design of... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15727 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15727 Concern over unacceptably high PhD and masters non-completion rates and long completion times has led Innovative Research Universities Australia... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15726 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15726 Leanne Cause may be the mother of five young children, but you won't find her reading women's magazines or their articles on cooking and homemaking.... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Post+Secondary&idArticle=15725 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Post+Secondary&idArticle=15725 Addressing skill shortages, tackling poor university retention rates and creating viable pathways between school, TAFE and university all come... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Post+Secondary&idArticle=15724 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Post+Secondary&idArticle=15724 Deadlines are a necessary evil: without them work doesn't get done, assignments aren't finished - and nobody would know which train to catch. Of... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Post+Secondary&idArticle=15723 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Post+Secondary&idArticle=15723 Vocational education and training (VET) outcomes deteriorated significantly through the middle half of this decade, throwing doubt on the sector's... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Post+Secondary&idArticle=15722 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Post+Secondary&idArticle=15722 It wasn't just baby boomers with their eyes on their super that felt the pain of the economic downturn in Australia. Research recently published by... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15721 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15721 There were 169 applications for the 30 places which will be offered to the first intake of students to NSW's virtual selective high school class... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15720 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15720 Most Year 12 students were born a year after the world wide web debuted; Year 6 kids are as old as Google; and if the iPod were in school it would be... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15719 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15719 The One Laptop Per Child project has Australia's remote population in its sights.The international not-for-profit is planning to seed demand from... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15718 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15718 Some 295,000 personal computers will be bought through the National Secondary School Computer Fund - a key plank of the government's $2.2 billion... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15717 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15717 Six months ago, Hallam Senior College in Victoria was struck by a computer virus which found its way into the school network on a USB stick. A... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15716 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15716 Australian schools need to quickly get to grips with mobile internet devices and cloud computing. The 2009 Australia New Zealand edition of the... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=15715 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=15715 Bringing principals from small rural schools together to collaborate and share resources is the aim of a three year research project taking place in... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=15714 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=15714 Cathy Wever reports. Successful organisations have capable, confident, skilled leaders. Schools are no exception. To effectively run a school the... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=15713 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=15713 Cathy Wever reports. As the foundation principal of a fledgling institution Kerrie Heenan decided to take advantage of the Victorian education... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15712 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15712 When I was given the honour of being named Australian of the Year for 2009, I said I wanted to talk about the protection of the rights and human... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15711 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15711 Jane Caro's article (ER, February 2009) on the downside of gifted and talented or selective schooling, as evidenced by her daughter's experiences,... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15710 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15710 Professor Jack Keating presents a visionary national reform agenda for Australian schooling. It is time for the community to adopt the language of... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15709 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15709 Areas of public policy tend to have their periods of dynamism and stability. Institutional obsolescence, internal and external shock, and political... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15708 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15708 In October last year, a survey of almost 2000 parents overwhelmingly called for information about individual schools to be made available to the... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15707 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15707 Over a one-week period each school year, over a million Australian students in Years 3 to 9 complete between two to three hours of tests. The first... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15706 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15706 Kevin Rudd knows a lot about Asia, and especially China. That makes him unusual in this country. Despite decades of educational effort, young... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15705 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15705 In September, education minister Julie Gillard proposed the establishment of a National Teachers Institute that will create a set of standards and... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15704 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Opinion&idArticle=15704 Margaret Wu Reports. Education minister Julia Gillard says the proposed publication of school results on the National Assessment Program Literacy and... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15703 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15703 Amid Australia's worst ever peacetime disaster last month, organisations across the nation rallied to fundraise and support the victims of Victorian... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15702 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15702 Darragh O Keeffe reports. It's a case of life imitating art. In an episode of the popular cartoon series, The Simpsons, a premonition shows the... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15701 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15701 Australian teachers want professional learning opportunities in the same three areas as their international counterparts: students with special... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15700 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15700 In their family home in suburban Sydney, Lindy Hadges and her children have just finished discussing Uncle Tom's Cabin. It's a novel they have all... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15699 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15699 Just six years from now, the Victorian higher education system could look very different. Along with a mix of comprehensive and dual sector... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15698 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=15698 The government is enthralled by New York's school report cards but overlooked its charter schools model which has helped disadvantaged students... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=15787 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=15787 Attracting and keeping good people in education is an ever increasing challenge - keeping and retaining the right people in rural and remote... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15786 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=15786 It's been hailed as the "best ever" longitudinal study and in its 35 years of existence, New Zealand's Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Post+Secondary&idArticle=15776 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Post+Secondary&idArticle=15776 Attempts to attract school students to some form of vocational learning have been around at least since the late 1970s, when schools often developed,... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Post+Secondary&idArticle=15775 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Post+Secondary&idArticle=15775 The closure of a local school is always an emotive issue. But when Macquarie Boys' Technology High School in Sydney's Parramatta closes its doors at... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15738 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15738 According to the Australia Council for the Arts, more people attend theatre performances in schools than other performances. It's understandable... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15737 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15737 Ten or 15 years ago, a visit to Canberra to see Parliament House and its surrounding attractions was as far as many schools got with their students... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15736 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15736 As a community, Australians are enthusiastically embracing more environmentally friendly lifestyles. Our sustainable approach is certainly reflected... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15735 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15735 Australia's education facilities are experiencing rapid change and reform in their technology, learning structures and learning environments. This... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15734 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Topics&idArticle=15734 Teachers are, by virtue of their chosen profession, interested in and excited by learning. It comes as no surprise then that many teachers elect to... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=15733 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=15733 It may be time to burn the bras again. No matter what set of figures you look at, women are massively underrepresented among educational leaders.... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=15732 http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Leadership&idArticle=15732 Financial management. Human resources. Operations. Logistics. Stakeholder relations. Counselling. Planning. Communications. Marketing.... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT