Among educators and parents, the most often complained about age groups are toddlers and teens.
Scholarships for Teaching Students Are Great – But Will They Really Diversify the Profession Now?
Students perceive schools as more inclusive and welcoming environments when they see teachers who have similar racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Students perceive schools as more inclusive and welcoming environments when they see teachers who have similar racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Honest History: We Need Both the Lions and the Hunters
Yaw Ofosu-Asare won the 2023 AARE Conference People’s Choice Award for his poster: Redefining design education boundaries in Africa.
Yaw Ofosu-Asare won the 2023 AARE Conference People’s Choice Award for his poster: Redefining design education boundaries in Africa.
What’s the Best Way to Support Teachers to Become Interdisciplinary?
Teachers need interdisciplinary expertise. Why?
Teachers need interdisciplinary expertise. Why?
Flowers, Chocolates, Promises: Now Too Late for Early Childhood Educators
The newest Productivity Commission report: A path to universal early childhood education and care glosses over or ignores many fundamental problems within the early childhood education sector .
The newest Productivity Commission report: A path to universal early childhood education and care glosses over or ignores many fundamental problems within the early childhood education sector .
Graduate Employment: Right Now, the ‘Fair-Go’ Isn’t Fair Enough
Getting a job after completing a university degree is rarely straightforward. Only a minority of students walk straight from the graduating stage into permanent employment.
Getting a job after completing a university degree is rarely straightforward. Only a minority of students walk straight from the graduating stage into permanent employment.
Reading: What Happens With Home Schooled Students?
Reading is a critical skill to have for school and life success and there are multiple suggestions as to how to teach it effectively and quickly in schools – but what happens in home schooling?
Reading is a critical skill to have for school and life success and there are multiple suggestions as to how to teach it effectively and quickly in schools – but what happens in home schooling?
So Wrong: Inspirational Campaigns for Teachers Will Never Work. Here’s Why
The Federal government recently launched two high profile campaigns to attract people into the teaching profession.
The Federal government recently launched two high profile campaigns to attract people into the teaching profession.
Disability: Let’s Adjust Learning Design Now for Everyone
Universal design learning is about flexibility and adjustment to suit a variety of learners.
Universal design learning is about flexibility and adjustment to suit a variety of learners.
Write at the Start, All Kids Need to Keyboard
In Australia, children are expected to develop computer-based writing skills as soon as they start schooling yet the writing performance of students is plateauing or even declining.
In Australia, children are expected to develop computer-based writing skills as soon as they start schooling yet the writing performance of students is plateauing or even declining.
To Understand AI Today, We Need Both Why and How
The number of AI tools and their applications to education is overwhelming, and certainly way beyond initial angst about ChatGPT and cheating that set the tone for the start of the 2023 academic year.
The number of AI tools and their applications to education is overwhelming, and certainly way beyond initial angst about ChatGPT and cheating that set the tone for the start of the 2023 academic year.
Want to Do a PhD Now? Here’s What You Should Know
Research in schools is messy. Things change fast and decisions need to be made on the fly.
Research in schools is messy. Things change fast and decisions need to be made on the fly.
How to Say Gay: What Should Happen in Australia
The most stark example of this concerted effort to push LGBTQIA+ identities back into the closet and out of public discourse is Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws, which restrict the teaching of gender and sexuality in Florida schools.
The most stark example of this concerted effort to push LGBTQIA+ identities back into the closet and out of public discourse is Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws, which restrict the teaching of gender and sexuality in Florida schools.
Second Year Teachers: Now I Know What I Don’t Know
This raises significant concerns. Schools and systems focus their attention and funding on formal and intentional mentoring for the first year of teaching, believing that by the second year, teachers have found their way in many respects and are not in need of formal mentoring opportunities.
This raises significant concerns. Schools and systems focus their attention and funding on formal and intentional mentoring for the first year of teaching, believing that by the second year, teachers have found their way in many respects and are not in need of formal mentoring opportunities.
Education Leaders: Could We Please Just Get This Done Quickly?
Educators across all sectors are pressed for time. Here’s how we can manage one constant drain on our attention.
Educators across all sectors are pressed for time. Here’s how we can manage one constant drain on our attention.
Think About the Awesome Roman Empire Every Day? Excellent. Here’s What Else To Do
It’s not (ancient) history. A viral post on TikTok revealed we think about ancient history all the time, even now. But it’s how we think about it that matters.
It’s not (ancient) history. A viral post on TikTok revealed we think about ancient history all the time, even now. But it’s how we think about it that matters.