Dr Susan Long has taught in various roles, states and even countries since the 1980s. Her PhD focused on maths and science education, and she is passionate about inspiring people who don’t necessarily aspire to become leaders in schools to ...
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Podcast: News just in – maths teacher shortage hits crisis point in Vic
A major story that emerged today appeared in The Age and is related to an earlier story we wrote on a maths teacher shortage in Australia. According to the article, far too many secondary school teachers who are unqualified to ...
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Karen McDaid is an experienced mathematics teacher and is now the head of department for Mathematics at Cluey Learning, an online tutoring service that provides personalised education in Mathematics, Chemistry, English and NAPLAN. In this podcast she provides teachers ...
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The Victorian state government has committed funding to bring more high-quality teachers to low socioeconomic areas, many of which are in regional and remote areas of the state. Not-for-profit organisation Teach For Australia (TFA) – which also runs programs in ...
More »What PISA has taught us about education: report
Do private school students perform better than those from public schools? Does a student’s socio-economic background affect their overall achievement? And do autonomous or more centralised schools perform better? These are just some of topics addressed in a report entitled ...
More »Podcast: Moving beyond ATAR and rethinking the senior secondary and post-school years
A new report is proposing a rethink on how educators approach senior schooling and tertiary education, and calls for the ATAR to be supplemented with a more comprehensive “learning profile”. The Australian Learning Lecture (ALL) position paper, titled Beyond ATAR: ...
More »Vox pop: Should mobile phones be banned in the classroom?
Mobile phones: are they a tool for learning or a distraction that send teachers (and some students) crazy? Following Victoria's decision to ban mobiles during school hours in all state primary and secondary schools, and federal minster for education Dan ...
More »Teachers’ pay: keeping the best out of the profession
We’re often told that Australia’s teachers are among the best paid in the world, based on OECD figures, which is true, but the other – more important – part of the story is that teachers’ pay is falling behind that ...
More »Vox pop: Should students participate in climate strikes on school days?
Education Review took to the streets of Sydney on the day of the Climate Strike 4 Action to ask people what they thought of students taking time off to attend the strike. Most of those interviewed supported striking during school hours. ...
More »This week’s big issue: Climate Strike 4 Action
Commencing at the Domain in Sydney’s CBD, the school-day Climate Strike 4 Action protest attracted an estimated 80,000, while Melbourne drew an even larger crowd of 100,000. Indeed, protesters from over 100 cities and towns across Australia took part in ...
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