Course will include three years of work in schools. A new course is giving student teachers the opportunity to earn while they learn at a top university. The University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education’s clinical teaching program will give ...
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Racism takes toll on student performance
Research finds threats and other experiences can hurt test scores and grades. By Antonia Maiolo. Student experiences of racism lead to feelings of hopelessness at school and self-doubt amongst Indigenous learners, an education researcher argues. Dr Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews, from Macquarie ...
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Teachers and parents often don’t recognise earmarks of the behaviour. By Dallas Bastian. One in three children aged 10 to 11 are being picked on or bullied and teachers and parents are under-reporting incidents, a large-scale study has found. The ...
More »Schools push for national starting age
Uniform rule would help with socialisation, curriculum planning, groups say. By Erin Mayo. Calls for a nationally consistent school starting age have been welcomed by school groups, who believe the current system, where states and territories have differing starting ages ...
More »Aussie teens can count to 10%
Local youngsters are amongst the world’s best schooled in financial basics but there is still room for improvement. By Erin Mayo. Australian students are showing financial nous, a new international report into the financial literacy of teens has found. The ...
More »Oh, behave
Summit encourages lighter alternatives to hardline discipline. By Erin Mayo. Schools need to adopt a more positive approach to student behaviour, participants in a national summit have claimed. Behaviour in Australian Schools: Current Trends and Possibilities brought educators together at ...
More »Social media: realm of the young
Schools need to be on it to stay contemporary, so they must learn to manage the risks. By Erin Mayo. Social media. Like it or not, today’s students are more likely to have their heads buried in their Facebook page ...
More »Feedback takes rap
A survey suggests that parents aren’t happy with the way they receive reports on their children’s progress. By Erin Mayo. The school reporting system needs an overhaul, say parents who believe the current one does not allow them to actively ...
More »A click online saves time
The explosion of eLearning tools can seem daunting but, used properly, they can streamline administrative tasks and help put the focus on teaching students. By Fran Molloy. Classroom teachers are under increased pressure to measure and report on their students’ ...
More »Top I0 blogs for classroom tech
These are some of the best sites teachers can visit for reviews, advice, discussion and more. By Fran Molloy. Keeping up with technology trends in education is a Sisyphean task for already-overloaded teachers. The smartest way is to piggyback on ...
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