There are quite a few phrases and words in Australian education right now that are raising eyebrows amongst many teacher-education researchers in universities. The terms we are referring to are ‘explicit teaching’, ‘explicit systematic quality teaching’, ‘explicit instruction’, ‘what works’, ...

Students at La Trobe University's school of education will attend webinars that will teach them the 'science of learning' amid mandatory changes to universities' initial teacher coursework. The partnership with Think Forward Educators, an education community that champions evidence-based learning approaches, ...

One-third of Australian children can't read this sentence. The Grattan Institute says that fact is a preventable tragedy that will cost Australia $40bn over those students' lifetimes. All schools should use a 'structured literacy' approach to teach reading with a ...

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) has named the principal of a small public primary school in country Victoria among the most powerful people in education in 2023. Jacquie Burrows was a teacher at Churchill Primary School (Churchill) prior to taking ...

Professor Pamela Snow is head of the La Trobe Rural Health School and will soon become Professor of Cognitive Psychology in the School of Education at La Trobe. In this podcast, Snow talks about how blended reading approaches, which are ...