Whatever happens, and however the war will end in Ukraine, the world has learnt a lot. It is not only the military, politicians and economists who can draw lessons from this war but also educationists. Education researchers, especially mathematics education ...
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Lessons from online learning that may change the face of education forever: opinion
The virtual classroom has evolved from an early 2000’s video conference that delivered instructions with little teacher interaction to an innovative, interactive and collaborative learning space that all students can be involved in. To meet the challenges of recent times, ...
More »Moving from good to great – opinion
Going from good to great isn’t necessarily easy. When something is going well, often there is no impetus to do it even better. “Why bother, the results speak for themselves? Our students perform well above norms.” In these circumstances, it ...
More »World Teacher’s Day special: preparing pre-service teachers for a post-COVID classroom
As we celebrate another World Teacher's Day, it is fair to say that the global pandemic has been unlike anything we have experienced collectively as teachers before. It has created pressure in the mass adoption of remote learning, and exposed ...
More »ACARA CEO argues 2021’s NAPLAN was one of ‘the most important’
Students and teachers are enduring some of the most significant disruptions to schooling in our history. So, it is welcome news that the NAPLAN 2021 summary results reveal the global COVID pandemic has had no significant impact on our children’s ...
More »How girls’ schools foster confidence, shaping female leaders of tomorrow – opinion
When it comes to the benefits of an all-girls education – and there are many – there is one that I believe sits firmly above the rest, and that’s the confidence that all girls’ schools instill in their students. From ...
More »Explicit direct instruction: one Australian school’s transformation – opinion
The downward trend in Australian school student scores in tests such as NAPLAN, PISA and TIMSS has understandably caused concern among Australian educators, policymakers and the media. The push to remedy this trend is driving interest in pedagogies differing from ...
More »How we can address the widening gap between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour within the school community – opinion
Educators go to university for four years, complete countless hours of study and spend many days in classrooms completing several practicums to get them ‘classroom ready’. They are taught pedagogy, curriculum, theory and research; however, they aren’t taught how to ...
More »In teachers we trust – opinion
While many Australian schools have spent the last few decades admiring the old school tie, tightening standardisation and rubrics while chasing NAPLAN and ATAR scores, Finnish educators have been told to study best practices, and then try and improve on ...
More »Are all teachers secretly writers? Opinion
If you look up the biographies of authors, you will find that many are also teachers, or ex-teachers — Rachael Johns, Josephine Moon and John Marsden, to name a few. While mingling at a writers' retreat and meeting fellow authors, ...
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