Initial Advice papers are drafted based on research, consultation and advice about issues and future directions for each learning area. ‘Lead Writers’ are appointed to draft ’shape papers’ for each learning area and ACARA consults with teachers and curriculum experts ...

The Institute will work collaboratively with government and non-government school systems, and key stakeholders including professional associations across the country. The Institute will be jointly located in Brisbane and Melbourne and will have close working relationships with recently established leadership ...

Is an important element of school leadership for the longer term, according to educationists Brian Caldwell and David Loader in a new publication — and the onus for success falls on teachers and school leaders themselves. ‘Better schools will only ...

Transparency is vital to the quality of any open, democratic society, where information flows freely between the general public and governments, and where governments are accountable to the electorate. This is in contrast with societies where information is kept secret ...

I get slightly tired of the rhetoric around ‘education for the twenty-first century’, as if the mere passing of a certain multiple of a thousand years from an arbitrarily defined point ushers in a new era of enlightenment. Yes, there ...

I remember reading a newspaper article some time ago that said the adolescent brain doesn’t develop into an adult brain until age 25. The article referred to a research study where this had been scientifically proven. I went to work ...

Australia’s education system at the school level is high quality. When Australia moves to a national curriculum from 2011 it needs to be world class – and teachers and principals need to play an important role in achieving this. Soon, ...

This is the view of John Alston Campbell, director of teaching and learning at Canberra’s St Edmund’s College, one of almost 150 schools selected to trial the curriculum. ACARA sought advice from the states and territories on schools to provide ...

The draft Standards set out clearly what teachers should know and be able to do across the domains of professional knowledge, professional practice and professional engagement at four levels: graduate, proficient, highly accomplished and lead teacher. They make explicit for ...

The Directors, led by Chair Tony Mackay, are very conscious of and committed to the importance of their roles and responsibilities in the establishment of the Institute to provide national leadership in promoting excellence in the profession of teaching and ...