EducationReview · Dr Seuss: Sensible decision or cancel culture? podcast The Dr Seuss Foundation's decision earlier this month to cease publishing six books in the collection has been applauded by many but also derided by others, who see this ...
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Curriculum review? Teacher education review? Balancing the equation correctly – opinion
The school year has commenced and already there has been a flood of media coverage related to mathematics. The most interesting and important information relates to the pending release of the mathematics curriculum review as announced by ACARA in 2020. ...
More »Succeeding despite the odds: a deeper reading of PISA data
An article published on the EduResearch Matters website earlier this month highlights that one in five of all Australian students are not meeting minimum levels of reading. And, while that conclusion might be “shocking” to some, when we further categorise ...
More »Experts question minister’s call for a review into the quality of teacher education courses
Three of Australia’s teacher education experts have questioned statements made by education minister Alan Tudge that a review is needed into initial teacher education (ITE) courses and that some beginning teachers are not equipped for the classroom because they are ...
More »Basics to brilliance, part 4: the ‘greatest coach’ and a Honolulu reading program
“This was great coaching?” they asked themselves incredulously. Even after coming to terms with this doubt and initial negative emotive and social ambivalence about Wooden, and his coaching methods, Gallimore and Tharp decided to keep on attending Wooden’s training sessions in ...
More »Preschool directors say too much screen time is ‘substantially impacting’ school readiness
New research from the University of South Australia (UniSA) has found that modern lifestyles, including too much screen time, are negatively affecting young children’s readiness for school. The study, conducted by UniSA researchers Dr Kobie Boshoff, Alessia Pivato and Sarah ...
More »The sum of all fears: how maths anxiety is crippling our kids – opinion
Forget snakes and spiders. In primary school, my biggest fear was long division. I still vividly remember the feeling. A gut-wrenching stress triggered by symbols that refused to make sense, numbers that seem to appear from nowhere, and concepts that ...
More »Australian education and the pandemic: key lessons for 2021 and beyond – opinion
Just as we start to ease back into some normality, new variants of COVID-19 and concerns around the vaccination process globally have underscored the need to adapt and remain agile in an ever-changing environment. The pandemic has had a very ...
More »How ‘structural conditions’ are affecting teachers’ work and emotions in Australia
An education expert is concerned that the increasing pressures and demands facing Australian teachers is limiting the spaces available for them to speak frankly about their emotions and learn from colleagues and mentors. Dr Saul Karnovsky spoke to Education Review ...
More »Using multiple fraction representations to build a foundation for success in mathematics: opinion
The teaching of fractions is often identified as the point in primary school instruction when the 'wheels tend to fall off’. While there could be many reasons for this, the overuse of one preferred resource (e.g. circular discs) at the ...
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