Education Review The latest in education news

NSW Teachers Federation President Angelo Gavrielatos warned these are “trying times for teachers” as Sydney’s lockdown continues and term three kicks off in remote learning mode.  Speaking to the ABC on Monday night, Gavrielatos welcomed the news that 10,000 teachers ...

Edwina West from Oakhill College in Sydney has been awarded the prestigious Reading Australia Fellowship Award for 2021 for the project Combating Aliteracy with Australian Literature. The award, which is supported by Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, was announced during this ...

New research has refuted the common stereotype that schoolboys prefer reading non-fiction, magazines and comics instead of fiction in a finding that is being touted as “significant” and “unexpected”.  The study, which included 300 students aged from seven to eight ...

As the world slowly comes out of a global pandemic, it's even more important to pay attention to student and teacher wellbeing. Having the ability to collect, monitor and address behaviour and performance levels, helps ensure a well-defined return to ...

Educators go to university for four years, complete countless hours of study and spend many days in classrooms completing several practicums to get them ‘classroom ready’.  They are taught pedagogy, curriculum, theory and research; however, they aren’t taught how to ...

When one considers that more than a quarter of the Australian population is born overseas, it becomes obvious that educators will teach at least some students for whom English is not their first language or dialect. In an article posted ...

While many Australian schools have spent the last few decades admiring the old school tie, tightening standardisation and rubrics while chasing NAPLAN and ATAR scores, Finnish educators have been told to study best practices, and then try and improve on ...

Four school tutoring providers have been selected by the NSW government to roll out a $337 million “tutoring in schools” program across the state to target high-priority schools. The Tutoring in High-Priority Schools program is expected to commence in Term ...

Fresh research from a joint study between Youth19 and the University of Auckland has shown that the overarching label of “Asian” hides students’ very different experiences at high school, especially in the ways they deal with mental distress.  Associate Professor ...

As China's global influence continues to increase, an Australian academic says that Chinese has the potential to become a more prominent global language. In his new book, The Rise of Chinese as a Global Language: Prospects and Obstacles, Flinders University ...