Think about the most authoritarian teacher you had when you were at school. Likely to be male, it’s also probable that this teacher stood in ‘Authority Position A’. This was at the front of the room, perhaps even on an ...

In the 1960s, when the real post-war revolution in education began, teachers believed they were helping transform schools from traditional teacher-centred approaches to child-centred approaches.  From learning by rote and repetition to learning by doing. Teachers of that era were changing the student ...

Adolescence is often characterised as a time of “storm and stress”. Young people are dealing with physical and cognitive changes and, as they move from childhood, can become increasingly distant from the adults in their lives. In academic terms, this ...

“Look, why don’t you ask your teacher?” It was the exasperated lament of generations of parents frustrated by the endless and incessant questioning of their own children as they navigated homework, or even as they just wondered something banal out ...

Several years ago I was presenting at a T&L workshop on teaching practical concepts to business students by using a media diary. I have been teaching marketing for many years at several universities, and I enjoy teaching practical subjects to ...

There are some teachers who seem to be born to the role, such is their passion, energy and enthusiasm for the profession and commitment to the education needs and emotional wellbeing of their students. Within moments of meeting Chantel Mirzai, ...

Teachers could be forgiven for approaching professional learning with a degree of ambivalence. With unrelenting administrative tasks, classroom teaching, preparation and marking, there is always the risk that such learning becomes an encumbrance, a "tick-the-box" registration requirement rather than the critical ...

It is not the slogan that determines what a school actually does for its students but its overall teaching practice. By Paul Herbert and Ngaire Tagney Schools these days are a marketer’s dream. Glossy brochures and impressive statements abound, describing ...