Independent schools have called on new Education Minister Simon Birmingham to undertake an overhaul of schools funding. Birmingham – a South Australia-based senator who since December last year had served as an assistant to former education minister Christopher Pyne – ...
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Encourage kids to tinker with technology: business leader
Technology education needs to be more innovative, an information technology business leader has said. Fulvio Inserra, managing director of IT service provider The Mastermind Group, said teaching of technology in schools is archaic and is seen “just as a way ...
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Prospective students will soon be able to compare contrasting higher education courses and institutions on the eagerly anticipated Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) website. Based on thousands of surveys students completed across Australia each year, the government-funded but ...
More »Exams aren’t everything: Think Education
As school kids across the nation knuckle down in preparation for October’s Year 12 exams, the executive dean of private tertiary educator Think Education is encouraging parents to get their child to consider what they want to do with their ...
More »Cochlear 3D printing gets kids all ears for science
A partnership program has school kids doing real science with real scientists. Growing Tall Poppies aims to boost numbers of high school students studying science by connecting them with mentor scientists, who guide the students in hands-on experiments. For example, this ...
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Tech ‘doesn’t make school pupils smarter’
Computers do not noticeably improve school pupils' academic results and can even hamper performance, an OECD report says. While almost three quarters of pupils in the many countries surveyed used computers at schools, the report by the Organisation for Economic ...
More »Cultural perspective key for Indigenous maths students: professor
Integrating mathematics into Indigenous cultures and backgrounds is key to quality teaching, a Queensland University of Technology mathematics professor has said. Professor Tom Cooper, who is director of QUT’s YuMi Deadly Centre (YDC), which works to improve mathematics outcomes for Indigenous children, ...
More »OPINION: Can Victoria truly become the ‘education state’?
There is much to worry about when politicians declare that Victoria is to become the “Education State.” Will this declaration lead to more political distractions, trendy slogans and appeasements to parents instead of making a difference in classrooms? We have ...
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