Michael Lawrence
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In The Classroom
How I helped my students enjoy school
As a student in the 1970s, I got it. Traditional, conventional, mainstream education worked for me. I lapped up the…
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School Management
Why are schools still doing NAPLAN?
Education authorities remain insistent that the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests are an effective tool and useful…
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Policy & Reform
‘Why are we still doing what we do when all evidence indicates that it does not work?’ A Finnish perspective on our education system – opinion
In the shadows of last year’s teacher strike in New South Wales, a number of people asked me how the…
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Policy & Reform
ACARA boss argues for improvement rather than change in Australian schooling, but one ‘passionate teacher’ questions this
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) CEO David de Carvalho has recently written an article that addresses whether…
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Health and Wellbeing
The Finnish perspective has arrived: PD sessions commence in Australia
He’s the author of Testing 1, 2,3: What Australian education can learn from Finland, and this month teacher, writer and…
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In The Classroom
Finnish education is coming to Australia: Podcast
EducationReview · Finnish education is coming to Australia | Michael Lawrence The last time I interviewed Michael Lawrence the…
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In The Classroom
New book explores what we can learn from Finland’s education system
A pithy quote sets the tone early in Michael Lawrence’s latest book about the state of education in Australia and…
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In The Classroom
What Australia can learn from Finland’s education system – Michael Lawrence – Podcast
When English and Music teacher Michael Lawrence visited Finnish schools in 2017, many teachers asked him why Australia used a…
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