We ask this question of children almost as soon as they can speak: What do you want to be when you grow up? We were all asked this question many…
Most Australian teachers returned to their schools last week, and for many their first day back was a pupil-free day spent doing doing professional development.
Australian educational research is world class. Work by our educational researchers is regularly published worldwide and is often hugely influential in academic education circles.
The role of the teacher in an Australian classroom is changing, and not in a good way.
There is a problem in some Australian secondary schools right now.
As 2016 draws to an end, I am left with a deep sense that things are going very, very wrong. I waver between fury and frustration, unease and dread.
Teachers are forever learning. The complex world of schooling today means that teachers need to keep learning so they can respond to the diverse needs of their student learners.
Australian children are among the youngest and most prolific users of the internet in the world.
The government loan scheme that helps eligible vocation education and training (VET) students pay their tuition fees, called the VET FEE-HELP, was extended to courses offered by private providers in…
The quality of teachers is a growing focus of educational reform around the world, with new policies attempting to ensure that only the ‘best and brightest’ are selected for the…
There are no obvious consequences for poor National Assessment Program: Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) performance by individual children.
Our rich multicultural nation maintains a frustratingly monolingual mindset.
There is a strong critique of the impacts of the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers from educational researchers.
Is teacher research still important and relevant? In the 1970s, the Bay Area Writing Project in the United States had just embarked on a first wave of teacher research collaborations.
A primary school in Victoria made the news recently when it created a separate “naughty-naughty” class for children experiencing learning and behavioural difficulties.