School systems are struggling to find enough teachers to cover classes. Projections indicate that in New South Wales alone there is a need for an additional 13,000 teachers in the next decade to meet student demand.
This Sure Ain’t Hollywood: It’s a Long Way From Neurons to the Classroom
Let’s face it, it can be fun to poke holes in the premise of silly Hollywood films. The idea that a character portrayed by Scarlett Johansson has tapped into the 90% of her brain we don’t use provides a basis for glossy action set pieces but isn’t founded in reality.
Let’s face it, it can be fun to poke holes in the premise of silly Hollywood films. The idea that a character portrayed by Scarlett Johansson has tapped into the 90% of her brain we don’t use provides a basis for glossy action set pieces but isn’t founded in reality.
It’s All About Balance: Why Analogies Might Make Math Easier to Understand
For over a decade now, I have aimed to understand the mathematical knowledge needed to teach mathematics effectively, and its impact on student learning.
For over a decade now, I have aimed to understand the mathematical knowledge needed to teach mathematics effectively, and its impact on student learning.
Why Do Teachers Have Bigger Workloads Now?
It’s nothing new to say that teachers are experiencing increased workload. But where does this increased workload come from?
It’s nothing new to say that teachers are experiencing increased workload. But where does this increased workload come from?
Screen Panic: How Much Time Is Too Much?
Smart devices are powerful tools that can assist teaching and learning. Each device on its own is a personal assistant, a massive library, media creator, communications hub, language translator and entertainment centre on our desk or right in our hands.
Smart devices are powerful tools that can assist teaching and learning. Each device on its own is a personal assistant, a massive library, media creator, communications hub, language translator and entertainment centre on our desk or right in our hands.
Could This One Thing Make Students Love School Again?
School refusal has been labelled a “national trend” by the Senate education committee. Primary and secondary children are not attending school and it is not because of cold symptoms or COVID.
School refusal has been labelled a “national trend” by the Senate education committee. Primary and secondary children are not attending school and it is not because of cold symptoms or COVID.
Trauma in All Our Classrooms: Here’s How to Respond
Children and young people who have been victims to complex trauma are sitting in most school classrooms and early learning settings across our country.
Children and young people who have been victims to complex trauma are sitting in most school classrooms and early learning settings across our country.
What Happens Now to Students Who Are First-in-Family to Go to University?
Students who are the first in their family to attend university remain severely under-represented, despite policy efforts to widen participation in Australian higher education.
Students who are the first in their family to attend university remain severely under-represented, despite policy efforts to widen participation in Australian higher education.
It Would Be So Much Better if We Taught Two Ways. Here’s Why
From one school year to the next, students experience an escalation in the amount and difficulty of schoolwork.
From one school year to the next, students experience an escalation in the amount and difficulty of schoolwork.
When School’s in a Caravan on the Road to an Astonishing World
One of the more reported side-effects of the COVID disruption has been the increase in families choosing to educate their children outside of mainstream schools.
One of the more reported side-effects of the COVID disruption has been the increase in families choosing to educate their children outside of mainstream schools.
The Surprising History of Sexual Obsession in Our Schools
Why are some independent Christian schools so obsessed with sex and should taxpayers be paying for it?
Why are some independent Christian schools so obsessed with sex and should taxpayers be paying for it?
Why We Should Ditch Metrocentricity Now (And Read About a New Book Too)
It re-frames how we think of the ‘problem’ by asking: ‘what, and whose, knowledge is valued?
It re-frames how we think of the ‘problem’ by asking: ‘what, and whose, knowledge is valued?
Indigenous Voices: Why We Urgently Need Windows and Mirrors
In an increasingly racist climate, it is essential to do this while teaching for reconciliation.
In an increasingly racist climate, it is essential to do this while teaching for reconciliation.
Can Humans and Machines Co-Exist in Education? And Read on To Discover Why STEM Matters
Technologies like drones, AR, VR can be useful but there is some difficulty in their effective use in the classroom.
Technologies like drones, AR, VR can be useful but there is some difficulty in their effective use in the classroom.
Now Grammar Is Back Again. And Again. And Again.
The only problem is that there are currently generations of teachers, including coming graduates who have no understanding of grammar themselves and will therefore struggle to teach it!
The only problem is that there are currently generations of teachers, including coming graduates who have no understanding of grammar themselves and will therefore struggle to teach it!
Provoking the Children: Why That Matters for Remarkable Early Learning
Provocations encourage children to form their own conclusions about the world around them, rather than being told by someone else.
Provocations encourage children to form their own conclusions about the world around them, rather than being told by someone else.