Despite legitimate concerns that COVID-19 could significantly impact Year 12 student achievement in 2020, over 77 per cent of a Brisbane girls’ school’s 190 students achieved an ATAR score of 90 or above (equivalent of OP 1-5). Following on from ...
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All teachers were winners in 2020
The Australian College of Educators (ACE) has awarded the prestigious 2020 College Medal to all Australian teachers in an unprecedented move that acknowledged the extraordinary challenges educators faced in 2020 due to COVID-19.Traditionally the College Medal, which has been conferred ...
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The Prime Minister has defended his decision to promote Alan Tudge to the position of Education and Youth Minister last week as part of a cabinet reshuffle. Scott Morrison said Tudge, whose affair with a female staffer was aired on Four ...
More »Australia’s opportunity to emerge from coronavirus as a global education superpower
The scourge of coronavirus has placed an enormous strain on our educators and our education system. As a nation, we should have celebrated harder that teachers in all sectors were able to entirely re-imagine the learning experience for every single ...
More »Identifying and supporting students with maths anxiety: opinion
Psychologist MH Ashcraft describes maths anxiety as a “feeling of tension, apprehension, or fear” that hinders a person’s performance in the subject. It often occurs when a student struggles with learning the basic concepts of maths which can lead to ...
More »Fiery exchange over principal recruitment investigation
Queensland’s education minister has refused to reveal who the "mystery MP" embroiled in a corruption investigation alongside former deputy premier Jackie Trad was during a fiery hearing on Wednesday morning. Grace Grace was grilled about the Crime and Corruption Commission ...
More »Chalk, talk, teach, write, read, achieve, repeat: part 3
The final part in this series on advancing handwriting, narrative writing and critical thinking with chalk will now introduce the reader to: Ineffective teaching practices that increase cognitive load This method contrasts with ineffective teaching practices, which tend to increase ...
More »Australian students break into the top 10 for maths and science, but significant inequalities still exist: TIMSS Report
Australian Year 8 students have cracked the top ten for maths and science globally, with the 2019 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) showing they were outperformed by only six other countries. The results, which were released in ...
More »Why we can’t go ‘back to basics’ in our schools
I looked through the window of one of my Year 3 classrooms at my school to see Brayden. He was crying, frozen in a combination of anxiety and pure fear. It’s not what any principal wishes to see in their learning ...
More »Teacher wellbeing tips for Term 4 and school holidays
Even the most resilient adults at the moment are operating from a lowered window of tolerance and lowered threshold to cope and manage. This might manifest in anger that quickly arises, extreme emotions washing over you, or the inability to ...
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