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Tony Abbott’s views on the roll out of computers in schools (www.educationreview.com.au) provide an opportunity to look at how IT resources are really being used in Australian schools.  As an educator and parent, I have taken a great deal of ...

Written by Andrew McLachlan Co-curricular activity development teacher for Golgotha English Medium School in Bangladesh I have found the career that best suits me; now I want to see how many new and interesting places education can lead me to. ...

This paper describes what we want young people to have the opportunity to learn and experience in the Arts. The draft ‘Shape Paper: The Arts’ builds on an extensive consultation process. In May this year 180 arts experts and stakeholders ...

Students in Australian classrooms have multiple, diverse and changing needs that are shaped by individual learning histories and abilities. Students with special education needs represent an extremely diverse subsection of the school population. The majority of students with special education ...

For over two decades Australia has been moving towards a national approach to schooling, including a national curriculum. In 1989 all Education Ministers issued a set of common goals for schooling in Australia, expressed in their Hobart Declaration, and initiated ...

Phase 2 of the AITSL online validation process for the revised Professional Standards for Teachers will be about half way through its three and a half week consultation period by the time this edition of Education Review is published. This ...

Education For All (EFA) was proclaimed as a global issue in 1946 and was reaffirmed as one of the six Millennium Goals of the United Nations in 2000. Those who had no education and also those with poor education foundations ...

Many teaching professionals find the school principal’s position “a bit awe-inspiring”, says Patricia Collarbone – “particularly now in the 21st century, with so many demands being placed upon it”. All the more important, she says, that we should attract to ...

The draft Standards set out what teachers across Australia should know and be able to do across the domains of professional knowledge, professional practice and professional engagement at four levels: Graduate, Proficient, Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher. The Standards will ...

During September, consultations have been occurring across the nation as part of a process to introduce an Australia wide system for accrediting initial teacher education programs. This system will be a first for this country. The proposal that formed the ...