This story appeared in the April 2014 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.
Schools far too often rely on symbolic gestures rather than meaningful action to support Aboriginal students, and there is an urgent need for governments to properly resource Indigenous-led cultural learning, a five-year WA research project has co...
New Zealand’s education sector is demanding that the National Government pause the rollout of what stakeholders call its “rushed” curriculum reforms as opposition to the direction, scope, and pace of change continues to swell.
Children who demonstrate pretend play ability as toddlers have significantly fewer emotional and behavioural difficulties at primary school, a new study has suggested.
The exact practices that exceptional principals use to identify and develop middle leaders in their schools have been revealed in a new study – and there’s good news for introverted teachers and quiet achievers.
Nutritional intake by children in Australia is well short of where it needs to be, with 96 per cent failing to eat enough vegetables and more than 40 per cent of their daily energy intake often coming from unhealthy “discretionary” foods, but a ma...
In classrooms across the country, the most powerful moments often begin quietly. A question. A pause. A student finding the words to say something that matters to them.
You might not know it, but you can speak a tiny bit of Swahili. Who doesn’t know the words ‘Hakuna Matata’, from Disney’s 1994 animated feature film The Lion King?
Hasn’t the world seen more than its fair share of upheaval in recent weeks?
A housing affordability crisis is derailing Australia’s efforts to tackle chronic teacher shortages and poses a significant threat to the future of the profession, with researchers warning that median house prices in Sydney are now more than 13 ti...
As a nation, Australia handles the school-to-work transition as poorly or worse than any so-called advanced country in the world – but that is set to change with the launch of a new AI-powered platform that will revolutionise how young people plan...
