Child refugees need to have access to quality language programs so they have a chance at doing well at school - and teachers also need to be given appropriate training.
Sometimes only a water fountain will do.
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Fragmentation, inconsistency and a lack of accountability between alternative education providers means not all young people get access to a good education.
One way teachers can respect culture is by embedding it into ‘mainstream’ subjects.
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Teachers – get to really know your kids, their families, their community and its history, and what’s going on at home. While school policies are important, relationships are the real keys to success.
We need to stop blaming Indigenous students and families for low school achievement.
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Focusing on the opportunity to learn gap removes the emphasis from locating “the problem” in the person, and turns our attention to the differences in access to educational resources.
Remote schools often struggle to recruit and retain great teachers.
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17% of the Australian population is now of various Asian backgrounds. School curriculum around Asia-Australia relations needs updating to reflect demograpic changes.
The progress a student makes in a year needs to be more important than test scores.
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Many young children can give the false impression that they are learning to read, when in fact they are mostly guessing words from pictures or context. This test will help to identify these students.
New evidence-based methods of teaching and learning are being taken up very slowly.
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Failing to provide an appropriate education for students who are gifted increases the risk of mental health issues, boredom, frustration, and behavioural problems.
Phonics helps teach children how to merge separate sounds together to make it one word.
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