Australia Association for Research in Education
Action Now: Classroom Ready Teachers
Three major concerns with teacher education reforms in Australia
We are deeply concerned about advice the Australian Government has been given on teacher education. We believe it is seriously flawed. The advice has led, and is leading, to major reforms to teacher education throughout Australia. Teacher educators and educational researchers like ourselves would like the public to know what is happening. Significantly we want …
What’s a Good Education System Worth?
The Turnbull Government’s education election manifesto, Quality Schools, Quality Outcomes claims (several times over) that when it comes to the funding of schooling, it matters less how much is spent and more how the resources are spent. This is a convenient argument for a government chasing a budget surplus, and the Turnbull Government makes no …
More measuring, few solutions for teacher education under recommendations to Abbott Govt
The long-awaited report of the Teacher Education Ministerial Advisory Group (TEMAG) was released last week, with the catchy …