A team of international education researchers has released a study that details the challenges performing arts teachers and their students face during periods of lockdown and remote learning. The study, led by Associate Professor Susan Davis of CQUniversity Australia and ...
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Teachers warn science education must change to meet challenges of the future: OUP report
Only 31 per cent of teachers surveyed for Oxford University Press’ (OUP) The Evolution of Science Education Report believe science education in their countries is preparing children for the challenges of the future. In contrast, fewer than half (46 per ...
More »Aussie kids’ financial knowledge is on the decline. The proposed national curriculum has downgraded it even further
Financial literacy means having an understanding of financial concepts and risks, and the skills, motivation and confidence to make effective decisions across a range of financial contexts. In Australia, many young people have trouble with financial literacy, especially young people ...
More »‘Trying times for teachers’: NSW Teachers Federation president speaks out
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 ...
More »Reading Australia Fellow for 2021 wants to connect students to Australian literature, abolish aliteracy
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 ...
More »Study finds boys’ dislike for fiction is something of a fiction
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 ...
More »How we can address the widening gap between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour within the school community – opinion
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 ...
More »Supporting EAL/D students in their language-learning journey
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 ...
More »In teachers we trust – opinion
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 ...
More »Some big winners in NSW $337 million ‘tutoring in schools’ program
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 ...
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