The brain is involved in all learning that we do, so if we’re in the business of learning doesn’t it make sense that we know how the brain learns best? The current generation of young Australians will spend 11,000 hours ...
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Are tech and stress to blame for our kids’ declining writing standards?
School boys’ writing standards have slipped again - Year Nine boys now write on average at a Year Seven level. It’s looking like an Australian education crisis, though not a new one. It is worth noting, girls’ writing has been ...
More »Studying for success – Part 3: Note-taking effectively
Dr Steven Greene shares his tips about what note-taking is, why it's important and some strategies for doing it well in the third installment of our series on studying for success. Greene says effective note-taking should be "an accurate record ...
More »Valuing teachers: how can we avoid 5 year burnout?
It's an alarming statistic that educator Stephanie Wescott now belongs to: leaving the teaching profession after just five years of practice. In a wide-ranging interview in The Age, which covered everything from teachers not "being trusted to do their work" ...
More »Leadership in Education – Part 2: Patrick O’Reilly – Where have we gone wrong?
Despite record investment in education, Australian students’ literacy and numeracy levels have been steadily declining. This podcast series speaks with some of Australia’s K-12 education leaders and asks the key question: What, if anything, are we doing wrong? In episode ...
More »Defusing challenging behaviours in the education industry
With recent research showing that close to half of newly qualified teachers leave the profession within five years, the education industry must take practical steps to protect teachers from situations which may injure or harm them. Challenging behaviours in the ...
More »HALT fiction: the misconceptions around Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers
The recent Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers (HALT) Summit in Darwin highlighted the amazing work and impact being made by teachers around Australia. But for me, it also highlighted a slightly disappointing aspect of the HALT initiative. Almost a decade ...
More »Weekly wrap up: performance pay for teachers
Listen as education editor Wade Zaglas reflects on one of the week's key issues: performance pay for teachers. Who's for it and against it? Can it really work? And what kind of an effect could it have on the profession?
More »How to create a sustainable school
A recent study found that while over 90 per cent of Australians are concerned about environmental sustainability, only half believe they are doing their fair share to save our planet. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) describes our predicament ...
More »Ethical decision-making in the education sector: When and how do educators exercise moral courage?
The revelation that Victoria’s Education Department has a high-tech, round-the-clock crisis centre is one window into the challenges facing school leaders today. The fact that over a fifth of educators have been bullied by parents is another. Delivering quality education ...
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