As we celebrate The International Year of Indigenous Languages, it is encouraging to see the latest figures released by Victoria’s Education Department. They show an 8000 per cent improvement in the number of Victorian students studying an Aboriginal language* between ...
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ACER breaks down Australia’s education spending
A new report from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is the first to capture data on education spending at all levels of education and from all funding sources. It found that in 2015 – the most recent year ...
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A student might be offered little more than a raised brow when asking their careers adviser about the skills they need to become a nostalgist or cyborg psychologist but those are some of the jobs Australian researchers say might exist ...
More »The smart school bag that could curb forgotten homework
“I did it, but…” Teachers hear this phrase a lot when asking students to hand in their homework, but perhaps it’ll be said a little less thanks to a new Deakin University project. Engineers designed a smart school bag that ...
More »Pearson to phase out printed learning resources
British education publisher Pearson will soon phase out printed textbooks as it embraces a “digital first” approach to its learning resources. The company, which is the world’s largest education publisher, said students will now have to “rent” printed textbooks, a ...
More »Weekly roundup 7: Beyond NAIDOC Week, countering standards slips and the LANTITE
Hi and welcome to another Education Review weekly roundup of the top news stories we covered this week. I’m Wade Zaglas, the education editor. All stories can be found on our site, educationreview.com.au. You can either read this summary or ...
More »Problematic sexual behaviour between children: gaps in support for teachers
Sexual behaviour is part of normal development, but what is expected of a teacher when it becomes problematic on school grounds? A national survey sought to unearth how primary educators, early childhood teachers and carers respond to abnormal and harmful ...
More »Weekly roundup 6: Successful learning conference and inspirational teachers
Hi and welcome to another Education Review weekly roundup of the top news stories we covered this week. I’m Wade Zaglas, education editor. All stories can be found on our site, educationreview.com.au. You can either read this summary or listen ...
More »New plagiarism tool developed by educators
Text-matching software for detecting and preventing plagiarism is nothing new, but new software released by Swedish start-up Urkund in partnership with Androgogic promises to up the ante. In a world increasingly full of “copy and paste” and students paying for ...
More »Successful Learning Conference 2019: doctor’s masterclass in explicit instruction
One of the busiest and most engaging presentations at this year’s conference was Dr Devin Kearn’s Using explicit instruction to increase student achievement. Kearns prefaced his presentation with the fact that, while explicit instruction is essential for students with learning ...
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