Queensland is set to bring itself into line with other states in mandating vaccines for its 100,000-plus education workforce, with new rules expected to go live before the start of the 2022 school year. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on Tuesday also flagged mandatory ...
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The benefits of introducing careers education to younger students: findings from the BECOME program
Careers education is typically completed in the secondary years of schooling, yet two education experts argue that introducing the subject in the primary years will foster more student engagement, empowerment and curiosity among younger students as they consider “who they ...
More »Anti-vax principal hatches bizarre new plan
The school principal who threatened to shut down an independent Catholic college due to Western Australia’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate now says he will pay unvaccinated teachers to stay home. It was revealed recently that Adam Zydek, the principal and founder ...
More »‘Disruptions’: Thousands of teachers to strike in NSW
NSW public school teachers have decided to go on strike next week to protest low pay and unmanageable workloads. The 24-hour strike will happen on Tuesday, December 7. “We anticipate significant, significant participation in this day of action,” NSW Teachers ...
More »Nearly 400 schools across the country call for ‘COVID crisis’ relief from national charity
Schools Plus, the national charity committed to closing the education gap caused by disadvantage, received funding applications amounting to $11 million from more than 380 schools across the country in its 2021 grant applications round. The charity reported that schools ...
More »NSWTF releases ‘confidential’ briefing document showing worrying declines in ITE enrolments
The NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) has released information relating to a “confidential” government briefing document, warning the state could miss out on a further 3,000 teachers if it fails to reverse the 30 per cent decline in the number of ...
More »Comparison – the underestimated building block of critical thinking
Systematic comparison is a highly underestimated component of critical thinking, considered one of the most important 21st Century skills. A new PAT test for measuring critical thinking has just been released by ACER in October. The Progressive Achievement Test in ...
More »Strategies and best practices for encouraging young girls and women into STEM and IT
Monash University has released a new report identifying the best strategies and practices to “overcome barriers” that discourage young girls and women from tacking on future careers in the STEM and IT fields. Led by the university’s faculty of information ...
More »New report argues initial teacher programs are ‘failing’ prospective maths teachers
A new Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) paper highlights that beginning teachers are not being trained in evidence-based teaching practices for mathematics, despite policymakers’ efforts to improve Australia’s initial teacher education (ITE) and reverse declining international results, particularly in numeracy. ...
More »Government’s religious freedom bill to protect gay students, staff from discrimination
The Morrison government has pledged to protect gay students and staff from prejudice as part of a proposed religious discrimination law. The Coalition party room unanimously endorsed the bill on Tuesday, but a number of Liberal MPs voiced concerns about ...
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