Students' writing skills have plummeted over the years, and experts believe it can be due to a lack of frequency in writing exercises. A new study by Edith Cowan University revealed the time teachers spend teaching writing skills varies from ...
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With Term 3 underway, teacher wellbeing will once again be strained, but an expert says educators shouldn't wait until the holidays to focus on their mental health. Life and leadership coach and staff wellbeing teacher, Katrina Bourke, spoke with Education ...
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A recent report by Deakin University shows that the use of out-of-field teachers to reduce the current shortages can lower student’s results, sparking concern among students worried about their education and future career outcomes. "When history teachers take over science ...
More »Is blended learning the solution to the teacher shortage? podcast
The teacher shortage crisis has been taking its toll on the sector, pushing educators to strike for better pay and working conditions while more than 50,000 teachers are expected to leave the profession in the coming years. Blended learning could ...
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Teachers should use more simplistic instructions when teaching students with learning and behavioural difficulties, a new study shows. Researchers from the Queensland University of Technology interviewed more than 50 Year 7 to 10 students from three disadvantaged secondary schools to ...
More »Managing the curriculum to enable more outdoor learning: podcast
Teachers employing nature-based learning in their schedule have described it as providing a flexible and relaxed environment which allows both students and themselves to better engage in different activities. Yet, teaching outside can become difficult with a crowded curriculum, as ...
More »Will single sex education disappear? podcast
Single sex education has long been a feature of Australian education, yet more and more single sex schools are merging to form a co-ed cohort in response to increasing demand. According to research fellow from the Institute for Social Science ...
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Before joining his colleagues on the picket lines today, Glenn Lowe, a high school head teacher in the Wollongong Catholic diocese shared with Education Review his experience of the teacher shortage crisis. Wednesday was a busy day for Lowe. The ...
More »Extra year of school not a ‘transformative policy’ but just the start
Experts in the early childhood education sector have welcomed the extra year of preschool funding but warned about the need to tackle the workforce crisis in order for the policy to work. In a joint statement earlier this month, the ...
More »Boosting students’ interpersonal skills with gaming: podcast
In the classroom students have diverse levels of interpersonal skills that allow them to communicate and interact with others, which can sometimes create communication breakdowns between students and teachers. This can be particularly true for neurodiverse students with autism or ...
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