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Australia continues to be plagued with high numbers of teachers teaching subjects they are not qualified to teach, according to the latest Australian Council for Education Research report
Expecting the My School website to improve learning outcomes assumes that parents will see a drop in results and move their child to the other school down the road - but markets in education just don’t work like this.
Explicit instruction - where the teacher stands at the front of the class and teaches - is out of vogue with educators who prefer collaborative learning. But it’s really the only teaching style with proven results.
A review has been announced into school policies in Canberra after it was reported that a school was restraining a child with Autism in a cage-like structure.
The Group of Eight have now withdrawn their support for fee deregulation, despite it already having caused fissures in the higher education system. But what are they worried about? And what sort of conversation do they want to have now?
Mixed-grade classes have similar academic results to “normal” classes based on age.
Channel Ten’s newly announced show, The Great Australian Spelling Bee, may seem like a great platform for promoting literacy skills. But it is promoting the memorisation of pointless, low-frequency words rather than anything helpful.
Kids will be turned off reading if they have no interest in the material. Comics or picture books are fine as long as the child enjoys it.
The Reading Recovery program assumes reading is a natural process that can be guessed from pictures, but there are far better programs with proven effectiveness.
The new draft international education strategy acknowledges the riches international students bring to Australia, yet fails to canvass how our universities can give them the experiences they deserve.
Accusations of Australian universities churning out poor teaching graduates are false and the evidence says otherwise.
South Korean students consistently top the league tables - leading Western leaders to look to Asia to fix our education systems. But South Korean students pay in other ways, meaning we shouldn’t be so quick to try to replicate their system.
Education Minister Christopher Pyne claimed his plan to deregulate university fees was essential to boosting Australia’s place in the rankings. But no student fee rise will give us close to the level of funds of the top ranked unis.
The higher education sector needs more competition to ensure prices stay low. One way to encourage new entrants into the market is to separate funding for teaching and research.
Discipline is necessary for children, but we need to teach them to self-discipline, not bribe them to be good.
Mention the terms “intellectual giftedness” and “learning disability” and there is a general understanding of what each term means. However most people are unaware that in many circumstances the two can go hand in hand.
Chile has ceased funding private schools to ensure funds go to those who need it most. Why can’t Australia?
Before the government tries a third time to secure support for university fee deregulation, it needs to learn from past mistakes in the tertiary education sector and come up with a plan.
Narcissistic children feel superior to others, believe they are entitled to privileges and crave admiration from others. When they don’t get the admiration they want, they may lash out aggressively. Why…
Lesson about religions and belief systems have a place in schools.
Completing university is difficult for students who are the first in their family to enrol. They should be listed as one of the equity groups to receive more support.
The voting down of the higher education bill stems from the government’s failure to sell the reforms. Here is a six step guide to successfully making big changes to higher education.
In recent years higher education enrolments have surged. This is triggering many policy issues including ballooning student debt.
While the attempted higher education reforms have been a fiasco, the public has become alerted to the importance of universities and fair access to higher education.