The 'food and wellbeing' curriculum has been overhauled after a mother, former teacher and member of Eating Disorders Families Australia (EDFA) led a campaign to change to how schools can teach food and nutrition. Foods can no longer be described ...
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Where are all the male carers and teachers?
Only three per cent of the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce is made up of men despite research showing male presence in teaching and caring is vital to breaking down gender stereotypes in children. Research has shown that ...
More »Playground and cyber bullying increases
The eSafety commissioner has released data that found a 40 per cent jump in child bullying last year, with cyberbullying reports increasing from 1700 in 2022 to 2383 in 2023, an increase of 71 per cent. Just over two-thirds (67%) ...
More »Rethinking the first encounter of Europeans and Indigenous Australians
The Australian National Maritime Museum has developed a learning program that teaches the events of the first known interaction between Indigenous Australians and Europeans aboard the Duyfken ship. The Dutch East India Company, the biggest and only global company in ...
More »12 days saved in lesson planning time
A 2023 program funded by the federal government's Emerging Priorities initiative saw teachers save an average of 94 hours each in lesson planning time this year. The grant program was established in 2021 to fund projects that assist school communities ...
More »Opinion: The great debate over the Australian curriculum
The 2008 Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians, which was signed by all Australian education ministers at the time, stated that “as a nation, Australia values the central role of building a democratic, equitable and just society – ...
More »Trust: Finland’s education system has it
If there is a one-word answer to the often-posed question, 'What is the one thing that’s most different about the Finnish system?', it is trust. As I led a tour group through Finnish schools, a number of the group were ...
More »‘Thank you for making me feel smart’: will a new campaign to raise the status of teaching work?
Federal and state governments have just launched a A$10 million advertising campaign to “raise the status” of teachers in Australia and encourage people to consider a career in school education. Called “Be That Teacher”, the campaign features emotive stories from ...
More »Special education teachers and digital tech
A University of Technology Sydney (UTS) survey has examined special education teachers digital practices, to see how teaching is 'keeping up' with shifts in technology in education. The survey of 126 teachers showed 25 per cent of teachers in specialist ...
More »Chaos amid latest bungled Yr 12 exam
At least nine mistakes have been found in the VCE exams this year, putting “undue stress” upon thousands of Year 12 students across a number of subjects. The latest has affected at least six students across at least three Victorian ...
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