We’ve had a wonderful year here at EduResearch Matters, the blog of the Australian Association for Research in Education, thanks to our contributors, commenters and readers. This is our last post for 2024 and will recommence on January 21, 2025.

In 2024, we’ve published well over 100 posts (that doesn’t include the many posts over the course of the annual conference, this year held at Macquarie University). Contributors have come from across Australia, from PhD students to professors.

Want to contribute? Read our notes for contributors. And read Marg Rogers‘ peer-reviewed journal article and presentation. She gives a step-by-step guide on how to write effectively for these research news sites to create impact and accelerate knowledge translation (also called research translation).

Now, our list of ten best read blogs of 2024 begins with our blog of the year.

Blog post of the year was Escape Oppression Now: Disrupt the Dominance of Evidence-Based Practice by Nicole Brunker, University of Sydney. Read the citation here.

Phillip Poulton – Are we now gaslighting teacher expertise?

Russell Tytler – Science and writing: Why AERO’s narrow views are a big mistake

Simon Crook – No honour in the honour roll 

Jill Brown – Explicit teaching mandate – a pushback is now critical

Linda Graham and Melissa Close – Australia doesn’t need a ‘Behaviour Curriculum’. We need to implement Social and Emotional Learning now

Matthew Harper and David Roy – Dramatic setback: Why the newly drafted senior drama syllabus falls short of a quality creative arts education

Michael Anderson – NESA: If we let the rot continue, the ultimate losers will be our students

James Humberstone and Jennifer Carter – Our nationally-leading music courses are now under threat

Katie Maher and Jane Maher – Are student encampments sites of pedagogy and learning?