As a pre-service teacher, taking control of a classroom of 30 bright-eyed, vivacious young students for the very first time is often a daunting and complex task. The distracting clatter of children talking can be especially nerve-racking for the novice ...

For several states the curriculum provides for more complex maths to be learned at an earlier age. While endorsing the content, mathematicians and teachers have expressed concerns about the capability of generalist primary teachers to deliver it. Some have flagged ...

Further, evidence from a major education review has found that England’s drive to raise standards has had mixed results, with positive gains coming at a price. The author behind the biggest enquiry into English primary education in 50 years, the ...

In a survey study of 107 final year pre-service teachers attending a regional Queensland university, teachers fared as poorly as Year 10 students in their understanding of the greenhouse effect. Dr Helen Boon from the school of education at James ...

New legislation will force early childhood and primary school teachers to take exams through registration body, the Queensland College of Teachers, before they can enter the classroom. Education Minister Geoff Wilson said the scheme wasn’t designed to attack individual teachers, ...

Further, this interference ensures education policy is based on anticipated public popularity rather than sound empirical research. Renowned education expert and former dean of education at the University of Tasmania, Bill Mulford, said Australian governments have focussed on literacy and ...

The new curriculum’s attempt to contextualise Australian history by locating it in the wider context of world events has been welcomed by historians and experts. But some have concerns the curriculum focuses too much on learning knowledge rather than acquiring ...

The students of Bondi Public School have just finished harvesting yet another bunch of fennel. While a group of five children collect all the students’ gloves and hats and place them neatly in a basket, the others make their way ...

However, working families who access longer hours of care and combine multiple preschool and informal care arrangements, may be doing more harm than good. If children spend more than 30 hours per week in care, poorer cognitive and emotional outcomes ...

Dr Ken Rigby, Australia’s leading bullying expert, said there was no evidence to back up the claim. “In fact, there is reasonably good evidence to show it’s in decline. A longitudinal study in Europe and North America over 12 years, ...