SMARTSchool looks to the future of teaching

Sarah Duggan

By Sarah Duggan
Published April 10, 2018

Educators of the future take note: Australia’s most technologically advanced teacher training facility has just sprung into operation at UniSA’s Magill campus, and preservice teachers better be prepped for the ride of their undergraduate life.

Dubbed the Samsung SMARTSchool, the state-of-the-art education and research hub intends to train aspiring teachers to become leaders in the ...

This story appeared in the April 2018 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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