Australian educators must groom students for a future that will demand a high level of digital and global social skills, the Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) annual conference was told. A major shift in education is needed to prepare ...
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Coping skills a match with early education
Children should be taught coping skills in the same way they are taught to hold a pen or ride a bike, according to experts from the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. Janice Deans, director of the university's Early Learning Centre, ...
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The PM's call to raise education standards faces an uphill battle over funding and debate over teaching standards. Australia's educational future is under threat. David Gonski led a review endorsing a $5 billion school reform package (on a yearly basis) ...
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Educational leaders say that slashing funding flies in the face of the recommendations from the Gonski review. The NSW government decision to cut $1.7 billion from the education budget has left many teachers, students, parents and others associated with the ...
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Victorian state school teachers have come out in force with almost 40,000 going on strike, and in Queensland about 17 Catholic schools closed during an industrial dispute, while others ran with skeleton staff. Teachers at 171 of Queensland's 292 Catholic ...
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The latest national snapshot of the education sector indicates Australia is meeting its goals.
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Research from Murdoch University
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A University of Melbourne study has backed tough government measures to
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Children have been belting balls around West Australian tennis courts in the first phase of the Evonne Goolagong Foundation program Tennis Come and Try Day.
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School teachers will face annual performance reviews from next year, after education ministers approved a national framework for assessments.
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