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Education experts say putting student teachers in classrooms risks seeing teacher attrition levels like we have never seen before.
Privileging the randomised controlled trial in education suggests a preoccupation with scientific measurement over research that privileges participants’ voices, especially in a feminised profession.
Universities are responsible for the majority of teacher training and eduation in England. The government is set on shifting the focus to schools
The review into teacher education announced by the Federal Education Minister in recent months was met with criticism from many. But it is actually a necessary part of reforming the education system.
Improving initial teacher education is a long-term strategy. It won’t achieve the education minister’s goal of getting Australia to the top-performing nations in maths and literacy by 2030.
During 2020, we saw the traditional classroom all but disappear. We can expect education to face other types of disruption. In an uncertain future, teachers need more than classroom-readiness.
Whoever the federal education minister after the May 18 election, he or she needs to put school funding, evidence for what works and initial teacher training front and centre.
Changes to the literacy and numeracy standards for new teachers in Victoria have raised questions about what makes a ‘good’ teacher.
Australia’s decline in PISA rankings and criticisms of NAPLAN tell us we should also be looking at how we assess teacher quality.
Accusations of Australian universities churning out poor teaching graduates are false and the evidence says otherwise.
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Professor, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Laureate Professor of Education, Director Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Academic Professional Studies, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Education, York St John University
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Professor Susan Ledger, Head of School - Dean of Education, University of Newcastle, NSW., University of Newcastle
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Professor, Dean of Education, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy and Curriculum, Deakin University
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Professor, Southern Cross University
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Senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Monash University
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Associate Professor in the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professor emeritus in Education, La Trobe University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Deakin University
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Associate Head of School: Education, York St John University
