Sharpening teacher tools: Creating an evidence-based standard for quality instructional materials
Executive summary Every Australian classroom and school rely on the support of instructional materials in delivering lessons, assigning tasks to …
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Implementing the Science of Learning: teacher experiences
Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction Background and policy context A pathway for advancing the science of learning Focus area …
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Teaching Behaviour: How Classroom Conduct Can Unlock Better Learning
Introduction In Australia, and in education settings across the world, student behaviour and levels of student engagement are significant issues …
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Myths That Undermine Maths Teaching
Myths about learning and teaching maths continue to plague classroom practice despite consistent lack of evidence demonstrating positive outcomes for …
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Teaching National Shame: History and citizenship in the school curriculum
This paper examines the impact of changing approaches to teaching history and citizenship on the cultivation of national identity in Australia and the UK.
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Setting the preschool foundation for success in Mathematics
Children’s mathematical competencies in school impact on their long-term outcomes at work and in general life.
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Some Critical Thoughts about Critical and Creative Thinking
Developing creative and critical thinking is a major priority of educators and policymakers. This is promoted because of popular views that students today require more creativity and critical thinking than past generations.
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Writing matters: reversing a legacy of policy failure in Australian education
Generational decline in student achievement and teacher expertise in writing skills — the poor cousin of reading skills in Australian …
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A 2021 education resolution: keep an eye on the Australian Curriculum
The COVID-19 pandemic is stimulating debate about the relationship between the governed and their leaders, both elected and appointed. In …
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Pain without gain: Why school closures are bad policy
The decision by state and territory governments to strongly advise parents to keep their children at home and essentially close …
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Lifting NAPLAN results: what happens in the classroom matters most
Every year, the national release of NAPLAN results triggers a barrage of commentary and soul-searching around the state of education …
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NSW curriculum reform a success, but will other ministers follow?
The NSW government has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the nation on education policy reform. It’s an …
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Schools are finally getting back to what works best
This week Victoria finally embraced the evidence on how kids learn to read, and the crucial role of phonics. One …
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Let’s stop the ‘teachers as therapists’ business and get back to basics
New OECD data suggests Australia’s long-declining performance in education has extended beyond academic results to students’ lives. Of course, we …
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Our education system is underperfoming but there could be a chance to fix that
Canberra’s parents — and taxpayers — must wake up to the inconvenient truth that its education system has long underperformed. …
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Make civics education great again
The unveiling of the 2003 Howard Government Cabinet records last week is more than just a revelation of political decisions …
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How to turn around Australian kids’ appalling classroom behaviour
The dismal state of student behaviour has long been the elephant in the classroom. To improve this, we must now …
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Eliminating the F-word: No more failure?
By preventing students from experiencing failure, we will keep them from gaining the self-confidence that comes from overcoming it. British …
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Why Australian schools are failing
A new Productivity Commission report confirms what’s long been known: Australian schools are failing on the twin goals of educational …
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Attitude to history has moved from pride to shame
Think of the great Enlightenment philosophers — Hume, Hegel or Kant — and what comes to mind? Religious tolerance, individual …