As teachers across Australia get set to celebrate World Teachers’ Day tomorrow, educators and community members are being asked to post a photo of themselves on social media to thank teachers and look towards the “bright future of teaching”. The ...
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Confidence and trust in teachers continues to grow as a new survey found that 72 per cent of people trusted that teachers' work was in the best interests of students. As the pandemic has forced remote learning on many families ...
More »World Teacher’s Day special: preparing pre-service teachers for a post-COVID classroom
As we celebrate another World Teacher's Day, it is fair to say that the global pandemic has been unlike anything we have experienced collectively as teachers before. It has created pressure in the mass adoption of remote learning, and exposed ...
More »New report shows how valued teachers are on the eve of World Teachers’ Day
The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) is encouraging community members to support the work of teachers on the eve of World Teacher’ Day and for teachers to value their contributions to society. AITSL kicked off a campaign ...
More »#ThankYourTeacher campaign shows relationships are at the heart of great teaching
As Victorian students progressively return to face-to-face teaching, Monash University has released a report showing that student-teacher relationships might be more valued than teachers’ knowledge of a particular subject. Titled World Teachers’ Day Report, it was released yesterday (5 October) ...
More »Shaping Australia’s future: celebrating World Teachers’ Day
As someone who was a teacher in a former life, I can relate to the common description of teaching as a largely thankless job. Often it’s not until years later that a teacher will be approached by a student they ...
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