Australia Association for Research in Education
classroom behaviour management
Behaviour: Senators ignored the research
Schools are workplaces as well as places of learning. All those who work in them have the right to feel safe. Clearly, not all teachers feel safe. The interim report of the Senate Education and Employment References Committee: The issue of increasing disruption in Australian school classrooms and the submissions to it provide evidence for …
Distorted: this feeble report misses the boat on classroom behaviour
At an event at Parliament House earlier this year I heard that 2024 is going to be the year of education. That is excellent news given that we haven’t heard much about education from the Albanese government but, to be honest, that has been somewhat of a blessed reprieve given the hyperventilation of the previous …
The school just didn’t like the way I behaved
Caleb had trouble sitting still and was first suspended from his school in grade 4. From then on he was “suspended every week from that school and it just kept going from there.” Michael recalled when he was placed in “what was called the naughty class”. “They just grabbed all the troublemakers in school and …
Schools are unfairly targeting vulnerable children with their exclusionary policies
Australian schools are unfairly suspending and excluding students, particularly boys, Indigenous students, and students with a disability. Our research is examining exclusionary policies and practices in Australian schools and the impact they have on vulnerable children. The findings suggest that these practices are discriminatory and harmful to the health, welfare and academic achievement of the …
‘Zero tolerance’ is the wrong approach to classroom behaviour management
The Education Minister, Simon Birmingham, has demanded a zero tolerance approach to students’ bad behaviour in Australian classrooms. …
Shocking evidence of US-style racial bias in Australian schools
Australian research is almost silent on how disciplinary practices in our schools are affected by racial bias. In …