In a webinar marking 20 years of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) testing in Australia, the editor of the Australian Journal of Education (AJE), Dr Petra Lietz, asked a pertinent question: Why does Australia keep participating in the ...

Drawing on a recent research report, Hidden in the Figures: What Students Are Telling Us About the Effectiveness of Astrobiology Outreach, PhD candidate and research assistant Isabelle Kinglsey explains in this video how students' understanding of the nature of science ...

A recent Indeed job search analysis showed an overall drop in people searching for teaching jobs. First-preference applications for teaching courses in 2018 were also significantly down on average at some of our best universities. Education Review took to Pitt ...

John Goh, the principal of Merrylands East Public School in south-western Sydney, knew early on he wanted to be a teacher. He attributes that to having "great teachers", and one of those who inspired him to follow this path – ...

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 ...

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. ...

It’s one of the pressing issues of our age: How, if at all, can we humanise technology? That’s the big question for this year’s Game Changer Challenge, an annual competition that began in 2018 and is open to over 2200 ...

  https://youtu.be/4ml-CnjhrD4   Teacher performance-linked pay, teacher performance generally and student achievement – these are three issues that are never far from the headlines. But are the debates founded on sound evidence or merely the thought bubbles of politicians and ...

https://youtu.be/Xb118Drn_Mk The debate over whether high-performing teachers should be paid more is an evergreen yet vexed issue. Indeed, politician Mark Latham recently floated the idea in NSW parliament. "Why aren't the best teachers, [who are] adding value in the classroom, given ...

Many of us have fond memories of poring over an Encyclopedia Britannica in high school, knowing it was both an easily digestible and trusted source of knowledge. Not much has changed in that sense, and 250 years later Britannica is still ...