Laureate professor at the University of Melbourne John Hattie presented a paper last month to the Victoria Education State Principals Conference, highlighting the effect of remote learning on school communities. Hattie's presentation focused on a number of topics, including the ...
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Over the past decade, children in Australia have been the beneficiaries of a movement in K-12 education that not only prioritises student mental health but makes wellbeing an integral part of the school experience. In schools across the country, leaders, ...
More »What is teacher burnout and how can it affect students?
A study has concluded that teacher burnout affects students in numerous ways, including their achievement levels and motivation. The study, titled ‘Does teacher burnout affect students? A systematic review of its association with academic achievement and student-reported outcomes’, was written ...
More »Paid, online teacher training program aims to stem looming national teacher shortage
Christian Education Ministries (CEM) has formed a new partnership with Alphacrucis College in Sydney to provide the next generation of teachers with paid on-the-job training. The new program, which will begin in January next year, will enable eligible candidates to ...
More »ACARA CEO argues 2021’s NAPLAN was one of ‘the most important’
Students and teachers are enduring some of the most significant disruptions to schooling in our history. So, it is welcome news that the NAPLAN 2021 summary results reveal the global COVID pandemic has had no significant impact on our children’s ...
More »How more traditional Aboriginal games can be brought into the PE curriculum – Podcast
Associate Professor Shane Pill of Flinders University recently conducted a study with Dr John Williams of the University of Canberra on how different frameworks, including self-determination theory (STD) and a Game Sense Approach (GSA), could be utilised to teach the ...
More »ACT bucks national trend by increasing annual rate increase of private school fees
The ACT is the only jurisdiction in Australia where there has been an average annual fee increase at private schools this year, despite the significant effect of COVID-19 on the Australian economy. Data contained in the EdStart School Fees Report ...
More »Qualified teachers are vital to the quality of VET and Technologies education in schools – so where are they? opinion
In late 2020, the only undergraduate Initial Teacher Education (ITE) program in Australia purposefully designed to recruit and upskill industry-experienced tradespeople and technologies experts to become Vocational Education and Training (VET) and Product Design and Technologies secondary school teachers closed ...
More »NAPLAN 2021 results show positive trends, despite ‘major disruptions’
The release of the 2021 National Assessment Plan for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) summary information has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has not significantly affected students’ literacy and numeracy achievement on average at the national level. Additionally, the Australian Curriculum, ...
More »Educational leader urges parents to worry less, but questions the ongoing obsession with the HSC and current education model
An educational leader is not only recommending parents try to worry a little less during homeschooling periods, but is also urging a re-evaluation of the HSC and Australia's current educational model. But before sharing his thoughts on how parents can ...
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