EducationReview · Clinical psychologist urges students to avoid "uncertainty bombs" Dr Danielle Einstein is a Sydney-based clinical psychologist who has her own practice where she works with students of various ages. Since 2013, she has also been heavily involved in ...
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Maths experts have warned that, as students return to school after COVID-19 closures, rushing through content to catch up will only exacerbate learning losses. The paper, entitled ‘Threats and Opportunities in Remote Learning of Mathematics: Implication for the Return to ...
More »Union president Angelo Gavrielatos on the upcoming inquiry into the value of teachers: Podcast
EducationReview · NSWTF president Angelo Gavrielatos speaks about upcoming independent inquiry Submissions will close next month into the NSW Teachers Federation's independent inquiry into the value of teachers’ work. The inquiry will be chaired by former WA premier and professor ...
More »Monash expert finds play-based learning encourages girls into STEM
A new study has found that girls as young as four can both overcome educational disadvantage and feel empowered to participate in STEM-based activities through emphasising play-based learning. Researchers at Monash University found that girls’ “thoughts and actions are endorsed ...
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The chair of the NSW Education Standards Authority has criticised the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank for distorting both the final years of schooling and students’ subject choices. Professor Peter Shergold, the chancellor of Western Sydney University, is currently chairing a ...
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"Technology now makes it possible and necessary to study many new mathematical methods in greater depth"
More »What’s wrong with the LANTITE? Podcast
Education lecturer questions the testing method and interpretation of the LANTITE teacher test.
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An education expert at Monash University has warned that we need to prepare our schools for further disruptions in the future, despite families and schools looking forward to returning to the classroom. Professor Neil Selwyn from Monash’s Faculty of Education ...
More »Disruption and Innovation – a post-COVID education blueprint: Opinion
Teachers can achieve incredible things when bureaucrats get off their backs and actually let them teach.
More »‘Creating the best kind of society’ – Public Education Day endorsed by prominent Australians
Today, being Public Education Day, is an opportunity to acknowledge the critical role that public schools, preschools and TAFEs play in strengthening the social, economic and cultural fabric of Australian society. The Australian Education Union (AEU) believes that “free, public ...
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