While the recent Centre for Independents Studies (CIS) analysis of how universities are “failing” to equip maths teachers with the basics in instructionist/explicit teaching techniques whipped up some criticism, the report’s authors defend its strong evidence-base, research design and and ...

Careers education is typically completed in the secondary years of schooling, yet two education experts argue that introducing the subject in the primary years will foster more student engagement, empowerment and curiosity among younger students as they consider “who they ...

Schools Plus, the national charity committed to closing the education gap caused by disadvantage, received funding applications amounting to $11 million from more than 380 schools across the country in its 2021 grant applications round. The charity reported that schools ...

The NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) has released information relating to a “confidential” government briefing document, warning the state could miss out on a further 3,000 teachers if it fails to reverse the 30 per cent decline in the number of ...

Systematic comparison is a highly underestimated component of critical thinking, considered one of the most important 21st Century skills. A new PAT test for measuring critical thinking has just been released by ACER in October. The Progressive Achievement Test in ...

Monash University has released a new report identifying the best strategies and practices to “overcome barriers” that discourage young girls and women from tacking on future careers in the STEM and IT fields.  Led by the university’s faculty of information ...

A new Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) paper highlights that beginning teachers are not being trained in evidence-based teaching practices for mathematics, despite policymakers’ efforts to improve Australia’s initial teacher education (ITE) and reverse declining international results, particularly in numeracy.   ...

A Sunshine Coast primary school will construct an innovative building that will replace traditional classrooms with learning environments tailored to the team-teaching model that underpins the school’s pedagogy. Designed by m3architecture, Suncoast Christian College’s new campus is informed by research ...

Large class sizes and heavy workloads can make it challenging for teachers to track their students’ performance at the best of times, but the pandemic and home-schooling has made this task even more of a struggle for many teachers. But ...

Data from the NSW Department of Education shows that more than 100 Sydney public schools have more temporary or casual teachers than permanent ones. Some of the schools with the lowest number of permanent teachers include Cronulla, Rydalmere East and ...