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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Lee Watanabe Crockett strode onto the EduTECH stage to a track filled with electronic bleeps and loops. Wearing a Steve Jobs-like all black outfit and black-rimmed glasses, he looked and acted the part of a digital change maker. As president ...
More »Victoria proposes ATAR cut-off of 70 for teaching degrees
The Victorian Government has unveiled a policy that would require aspiring teachers to have an ATAR of at least 70 before enrolling in teaching degrees, from 2019 onwards. The reforms would also make it compulsory for Victorian universities to base ...
More »Torrens offers grad certificate in teaching children with autism
Mick Grimley is the dean of education at Torrens University, which has recently introduced a Graduate Certificate in Education (Autism), specifically for teachers and other professionals who work with children with autism. Some of the stated objectives of this course are ...
More »Many country students aren’t taught maths by maths teachers: AMSI
Only one-third of Year 7–10 students are being taught maths by a qualified maths teacher, the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute has warned. AMSI director professor Geoff Prince explained that this figure is not uniform for all types of schools; those in ...
More »Teaching Awards feature $45,000 prize packs
A new survey commissioned by Schools Plus and the Commonwealth Bank has revealed many Australians will probably choose their career based on the subjects their favourite teachers taught. Almost half (49 per cent) said their favourite teacher inspired their career. Concurrent to ...
More »A Friends’ legacy: Quakerism and high achieving in Hobart
A guiding document and a lasting tradition inform the experience of children throughout Australia’s only Quaker school. Once a week, all students and staff at The Friends’ School in Hobart experience silence during a replication of the traditional Quaker gathering, ...
More »One-quarter of education workforce financially stressed: AMP
A report from financial services company AMP has found financial stress among workers in the education sector is on par with the national average of 25 per cent. AMP commissioned market research firm TNS Global to interview 2,105 Australians working ...
More »Two take nation’s top science teaching honours
Two teachers have taken the Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching. Gary Tilley, a specialist science teacher at Seaforth Public School in Sydney’s Northern beaches, was awarded the honour in primary education, for mentoring younger teachers and Macquarie ...
More »Stress and devices a problem but teachers highly capable: parents’ perspective
ASG commissioned a survey of 3000 parents, grandparents and guardians, asking them about their children's experiences in school. The results form the basis of the ASG Parents Report Card. The key findings of this report, as summarised by the authors, ...
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