There are calls for all Victorian students to return to online learning at home following the closure of 80 schools in the state after COVID-19 cases were detected. Although schools in Melbourne and the Mitchell shire remain open for VCE ...
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EducationReview · Parents and teachers perceptions of schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic: Podcast Dr Adam Fraser is a peak performance expert and director of research company E-LAB. Recently Fraser collaborated with Deakin University to explore parents' perceptions of teachers during ...
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A survey conducted at the zenith of COVID-19 reported that teachers were routinely working extra hours, with nearly half of the 1200 respondents working almost an extra day during the pandemic and others working in excess of 20 extra hours ...
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One of Australia’s premier public policy think tanks has recommended a $1 billion tutoring grant to help disadvantaged students whose learning has been set back by the COVID-19 school closures. The Grattan Institute has written a report outlining the need ...
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Maths experts have warned that, as students return to school after COVID-19 closures, rushing through content to catch up will only exacerbate learning losses. The paper, entitled ‘Threats and Opportunities in Remote Learning of Mathematics: Implication for the Return to ...
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The Australian Education Union (AEU) has attacked the Morrison government for failing to improve hygiene measures in public schools across the country, as public schools in New South Wales and other jurisdictions are set to reopen. Last week the government pledged ...
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A West Australian principal is back at work today after being stood down over a letter to parents asking them to keep their children at home. The letter Bronwyn White, who leads Halls Head College, sent late last month contradicted ...
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Minister for Education Dan Tehan has backed down from pointed comments directed at Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews on the issue of in-class learning in Australia’s schools. In a conversation on ABC’s Insiders program, Tehan said about Andrews’ approach to school ...
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“My job just got a whole lot more complicated.” That was one New South Wales teacher’s reaction to the announcement by premier Gladys Berejiklian that the state’s students will soon return to school for face-to-face teaching in a staggered fashion. ...
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