The Federal Government has released the final report from its year-long investigation into improving outcomes for newly graduated teachers, titled Next Steps: Report of the Quality Initial Teacher Education Review. The review, announced by then-Education Minister Alan Tudge in April ...
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Amidst the school shutdowns of 2020, more than a few of us pointed to teachers’ improved relationships with technology as a silver lining. Surely, after a year of wrangling kids in video calls, teachers would no doubt emerge as digital ...
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The prospect of rewarding high performing school teachers with performance-based pay is an evergreen issue that has recently re-entered public debate. In light of declining national student results in international testing, and concerns about whether entry standards for prospective teachers ...
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Few education students expect to have a job immediately after graduating and they’re less likely than those from other disciplines to feel that their course provided them with the skills they need. That’s according to a student survey conducted by ...
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I probably shouldn’t have asked myself such a heavy question two days before school holidays were over, particularly given I found Teacher by Gabbie Stroud while scrolling through the iBooks store during The Bachelor finale (such was my rage at ...
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If you'll become a qualified teacher next year, you may want to read even more closely. From 2018, you'll be expected to pass a performance test before you can graduate. Education Minister Simon Birmingham announced this policy today, in a bid ...
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