Nov 13, 2024 · Long-time literacy educator Margaret McBride says our teachers are doing an exceptional job in working with the highly complex grammar model in the national curriculum – and her recent PhD research only confirms this.. Involving four schools and 35 teachers from vastly different contexts, McBride investigated the grammar pedagogy underway in classrooms, honing on teachers’ focus on clause ...

The latest news for the education industry. Leadership / Intruder alert: can school leaders lawfully ‘spy’ on teachers via social media? School leadership staff are reportedly sending teachers ‘friend’ requests on social media in a bid to spy on their online activities and capture screenshots to squirrel back up the ranks.

Feb 20, 2024 · Despite being endorsed by the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT), and currently spreading ‘like wildfire’ through the US education sector, Dr Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) practices simply do not add up.

Oct 18, 2024 · Systemic experiences of racial discrimination at health services, schools, workplaces and when interacting with police have led the Australian Human Rights Commission to double down on calls for a National Anti-Racism Framework.

Nov 6, 2024 · And yet, the school leader tells EducationHQ, too often the role of language is sidelined in discussions about the problem plaguing our society. “One of the things that’s happening in society more and more in recent decades, seems to be more sloganising and more shouting, and less thinking and less attempts to understand causes, and to really come to grips with the forces that are ...

Mar 8, 2024 · “With the increase in the number of families choosing homeschooling, we need to make sure that the interests of the student are the priority – especially in regard to their wellbeing and safety – and this is what this legislation will do,” Farmer said.

Oct 18, 2024 · Speaking yesterday at Knowledge Society’s Australian School Improvement Summit, behaviour expert Dr Tim McDonald told delegates it was time to ‘shift the dial in the narrative’ around what works best in classrooms. Taking aim at AITSL’s Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, McDonald argued too many graduate teachers are entering schools without the practical skills they need ...

Oct 21, 2024 · The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority is partnering with senior Monash University mathematics specialists in a first-of-its-kind partnership to strengthen the quality of VCE maths exams and the review processes.

Jul 10, 2024 · Following negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of Western Australia (SSTUWA) and Principals’ Federation of Western Australia (PFWA), teachers and school leaders will receive a 12 per cent pay rise over three years and improvements to a range of conditions associated with leave, allowances and professional learning.

Nov 8, 2024 · Far beyond a niche hobby or idle facination, Marsden says that act of carefully observing birds around campus is a powerful means of teaching students to develop their own authentic writing voice – one that is brave enough to stray from formal language rules that can so often crush youngsters’ confidence in pursuing lively prose.