Australia’s resilience through the Covid-19 pandemic relied on the power of its digital infrastructure and the ability of citizens to engage in new ways. Schools and teachers stood at the forefront of the challenge, innovating at short notice for remote ...

How much students value school and schoolwork will have a significant bearing on many educational outcomes, including their engagement, learning and achievement. In numerous ways, COVID-19 has impacted students’ valuing of school and schoolwork. In this article, I want to ...

The past 100 or so days for many educators around Australia have been challenging. Whilst many have enjoyed the benefits of a slower home life and more manageable commute, for others, working away from school, students and colleagues has had ...

In Australia, approximately 50 per cent of teachers will leave the profession in the next five years, and 45 per cent of teachers will not be teaching in 10 years' time. Up to 25 per cent of teachers attribute their ...

With all the talk about a teacher shortage, and the fact that some 50 per cent of the country’s qualified teachers are no longer in the profession, I’ve found myself reflecting on the reasons for this astonishing figure and what ...

Colour is the first of six concepts educators can mobilise to enhance young children’s thinking and learning. Often when vocabulary is taught, the second the students can identify something, the teaching stops. So purple is just purple. It is an ...

The phone on my Principal’s desk rang and I didn’t even get the opportunity to say “Hello”. “Get down here now!” shrieked my panicked Year 5 teacher, an educator usually calm and highly competent. In the background I could hear ...

Worried about the prevalence of academic misconduct at your institution? You might have good reason to be. While the Australian government moved to outlaw the advertisement and provision of contract cheating services in September 2020, it's unlikely to stamp out ...

This past week, ACARA released its draft revision of the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics with the view to “refine, realign and declutter” the content. This has been long overdue. Since the curriculum was first published in 2010, Australia has performed poorly on international tests ...

During the entire four-year period, where John experienced what would have been hundreds of ‘event horizon’ episodes, he never asked to stop. Each time I asked John to stop, he would then inevitably present and say a variety of things, ...