There is little evidence to show that teaching students according to perceived ‘learning styles’ has any positive effect on their learning.
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We have an oversupply of teachers, a lack of specialist teachers and an undervalued profession.
Teaching philosophy for just one hour a week can improve children’s progress in writing, maths and reading.
Don’t just rely on your degree certificate to get a job after university. Work on your employability too.
Young people today will need to be more flexible and more entrepreneurial than in the past. Universities can help by designing courses that will have value in a rapidly changing economy.
Australia had more universities in the top 100 than any other nation, apart from the US and UK.
Apps, games and technologies like Pokémon Go should be approached with an open mind as they offer many potential avenues to employ an engaging, student-centred approach to education.
It is not reasonable for politicians to say NAPLAN results have plateaued, because comparisons from year to year are not reliably accurate.
If the flagship policy does not end up driving choice or quality, it is hard to see it gaining support.
After almost a decade of failed processes to reform the current funding system, the government must produce a revised system that improves the quality of outcomes for students in all courses.
Problems with who gets access to university date back to the 19th century.
Australia will face stiff competition from other countries, such as the US and UK, so it must have a clear strategy for how to deepen its engagement with India’s higher education sector.
Focusing on progress – not just achievement – and investing in improving teaching practice will help to lift slipping standards in Australian schools.
Demand for research grants has far exceeded supply, with success rates for grant applications falling to record lows.
The lesson to be learned from Aurukun is around the impact of out-sourcing education to commercial interests.
Travelling across the continent has been a staple of young people’s eduation for centuries.
While on the face of it a 1.5% increase in the number of disadvantaged students going to university might seem minimal, in real terms this is genuinely significant.
What students want is becoming more important than what univerisites want to teach them.
Are speech codes and free-speech zones silencing speech on college and university campuses?
Schools need to avoid practices that exclude badly behaved students and instead offer more ongoing, personalised support.
Principais colaboradores
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois State University
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Senior Lecturer, Murdoch University
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Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Researcher at ProtectED, University of Salford
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Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW Sydney
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Research Affiliate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of science education, Deakin University
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CEO, Australian Council for Educational Research
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
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Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University
