The Victorian Government has unveiled a policy that would require aspiring teachers to have an ATAR of at least 70 before enrolling in teaching degrees, from 2019 onwards. The reforms would also make it compulsory for Victorian universities to base ...
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Sydney students talk tech with Microsoft boss
Technology products are permeating today’s classrooms, and a group of students got to meet one of the brains behind it all. Two classes of students from Sydney Secondary College Leichhardt Campus met with Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella to showcase ...
More »Sydney Opera House creative learning program breakdances into action
When a learning program kicks off with a breakdancing performance and a balloon dinosaur, it’s likely to be a little different. That’s what marked the opening of the Sydney Opera House’s 2017 Kids, Families and Creative Learning program earlier this ...
More »Tasmania to scrap time limits on damages claims for child abuse
Tasmania will become the latest state to make it easier for child abuse victims to sue for damages by removing time limits. The government is drafting new laws to abolish limitation periods on civil claims for damages for victims of ...
More »Trinity Grammar students showcase real-world learning
The social exclusion of the elderly, global warming, and the real-life implications of xenophobic political ideologies are just some of the weighty issues Year 6 students at Sydney’s Trinity Grammar School have covered over the past year. And earlier in November, ...
More »Birmingham hints at policy to ensure evidence-based teaching
Federal education minister Simon Birmingham has indicated he will push for school teaching methods to become more evidence-based. Birmingham said at the Australian Financial Review Higher Education Summit that “I would like, as education minister, to see us, over time, ...
More »Torrens offers grad certificate in teaching children with autism
Mick Grimley is the dean of education at Torrens University, which has recently introduced a Graduate Certificate in Education (Autism), specifically for teachers and other professionals who work with children with autism. Some of the stated objectives of this course are ...
More »Food advertising fattens up obesity-prone children
About one-quarter of Australian children are obese or overweight, and recent research has found it may not be entirely them or their parents’ fault. Instead, a combination of unfortunate genetics and advertising is partially to blame, a study has found. ...
More »Fact and fiction: the benefits of reading heaps to kids
Victorian libraries want parents of youngsters to don their eyeglasses and get reading aloud. Their new campaign, 1000 Books Before School, aims for parents to recite this many tomes between childbirth and the commencement of school, to instill a love of ...
More »Half of Aussies will need hard tech and soft skills by 2030: report
A report commissioned by the National Broadband Network (nbn) and the Regional Australia Institute has argued half of Australians will need high-level IT skills by 2030, and will also need to retain soft skills like communication and critical thinking. The ...
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