We need to understand how to support immigrant students in overcoming academic challenges and supporting their educational wellbeing.
Readiness To Teach? That Will Take Time and Development
We found that classroom readiness is conceptualised in three broad ways: as adherence to a set of regulations and standards; as a policy construct; and as a professional journey.
We found that classroom readiness is conceptualised in three broad ways: as adherence to a set of regulations and standards; as a policy construct; and as a professional journey.
Trauma Awareness: A New Priority for Higher Education
Students affected by trauma are more likely to be members of communities already identified by universities as priorities for inclusion and support.
Students affected by trauma are more likely to be members of communities already identified by universities as priorities for inclusion and support.
Oh Canada! What We Could Learn About Education from Ontario Now
Australia has been trying and failing to implement a needs-based funding system for 50 years.
Australia has been trying and failing to implement a needs-based funding system for 50 years
Stop Policing Punctuation Now: Why AI Detection Needs a Rethink
While many of us have tried to keep up with new tools, evolving policies, and changes with detection software, one strategy has become increasingly popular: look for stylistic ‘tells’.
While many of us have tried to keep up with new tools, evolving policies, and changes with detection software, one strategy has become increasingly popular: look for stylistic ‘tells’.
What You Need to Make Online Teaching Work
The debate over online versus face-to-face teaching continues to grow.
The debate over online versus face-to-face teaching continues to grow.
Childcare: When Profit Is the Motivator, We Should Be Worried
Evidence from the Early Learning Work Matters project points to systemic issues sitting beneath the diverse array of significant concerns across the Australian ECE sector.
Evidence from the Early Learning Work Matters project points to systemic issues sitting beneath the diverse array of significant concerns across the Australian ECE sector.
What Happens When Student Feedback Is Racist
A reminder of how deeply whiteness is protected, even in the name of education.
A reminder of how deeply whiteness is protected, even in the name of education.
When Joyful Autonomy Matters So Much More Than Curriculum Outcomes
Monotropism is a theory developed by autistic thinkers Dinah Murray, Mike Lesser and Wenn Lawson.
Monotropism is a theory developed by autistic thinkers Dinah Murray, Mike Lesser and Wenn Lawson.
GenAI: Will It Deepen the Digital Divide in Australian Classrooms?
GenAI has potential. It can adapt explanations to student needs, offer 24/7 academic support, and automate repetitive tasks that are very time consuming for teachers.
GenAI has potential. It can adapt explanations to student needs, offer 24/7 academic support, and automate repetitive tasks that are very time consuming for teachers.
Are Machines Now Appealing?
To understand this development, we must first examine the role of rubrics in contemporary education.
To understand this development, we must first examine the role of rubrics in contemporary education.
Is Successful Maths Teaching More Than Method?
Teachers directly explain to students how to complete a task, why the task is important, and how the task relates to and extends their previous knowledge.
Teachers directly explain to students how to complete a task, why the task is important, and how the task relates to and extends their previous knowledge.
Is Australia Now Ready for Migrant Teachers?
This nation-branding rhetoric appears inclusive on the surface. But as our discourse analysis reveals, it constructs a one-way narrative of giving.
This nation-branding rhetoric appears inclusive on the surface. But as our discourse analysis reveals, it constructs a one-way narrative of giving.
Teaching Reading: We Asked 500 Australian Teachers What They Needed Right Now
Over 80% of respondents reported teaching reading this way at least three to four times a week, with daily instruction the norm in Foundation classrooms.
Over 80% of respondents reported teaching reading this way at least three to four times a week, with daily instruction the norm in Foundation classrooms.
Please, Please! Let’s Avoid the Calculator Analogy Now
Since starting in this new role, I’ve had the opportunity to focus exclusively on AI in education.
Since starting in this new role, I’ve had the opportunity to focus exclusively on AI in education.
What Teachers Need Now (Or ‘Don’t Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater!’)
AI-generated and off-the-shelf resources are never able to anticipate the diverse needs of real students.
AI-generated and off-the-shelf resources are never able to anticipate the diverse needs of real students.