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JENNIE MARSTON Doctorate at Macquarie University I enjoyed doing my DipTeach at The Guild Teachers College and I couldn’t wait to get into the classroom. I worked in independent schools for five years before spending 11 years at home with ...

CARA SWIT Doctorate at Macquarie University I believe that teaching is a very powerful tool and as a teacher you play a significant role in the life of every child that you teach. It only takes one influential teacher to ...

DON HAUGH Master of Education at Monash University My career to date has been varied. I have been involved the trades, manufacturing, retail sporting goods, wholesale, and importing. I am currently the director and administrator of a private company in ...

Noleine Fitzallen Doctorate at the University of Tasmania I left school without completing year 12. When my three children started school I reassessed my future work options and decided to continue with my education. I completed a science degree at ...

REPORT As the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) gets closer to formally implementing the National Professional Standards for Teachers, flow-on effects are being felt across the education sector. This includes at tertiary level, where providers of postgraduate ...

A new stakeholder group to provide advice to government on how to boost Asia literacy in schools is to be convened shortly, Minister for School Education Peter Garrett has confirmed. The group will consist of educators, academics, teachers, the business ...

Students in vocational education could get HECS-style loans for their courses under a proposal the federal government will put to its state and territory counterparts. Industry Minister Greg Combet says the program will be carefully targeted at certain areas to ...

Some Year 1 and 2 students starting school have been put straight onto iPads, under a new West Australian government program. Premier Colin Barnett and Education Minister Liz Constable yesterday announced the government's Early Childhood iPad Initiative, which will provide ...

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has ordered an investigation into this week’s travel debacle that affected hundreds of disabled students in NSW. The state opposition has called for the dismissal of Education Minister Adrian Piccoli after the bungle that left 740 ...

Education Review published an article in its October issue discussing the possibility of students formally rating their teachers. ER reported it was one of the recommendations made by the Nous Group in their report on schooling challenges and opportunities commissioned ...