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professional development of teachers
Professional development: The minister claims she trusts teachers. But does she really?
The NSW Minister for Education Prue Car has just announced important changes to professional development for registered teachers …
New teachers and their leaders: what they need to thrive
Australia faces teacher shortages with the government forming expert panels and creating action plans aimed at increasing the …
The highly risky business of cost cutting
In Victoria, the Australian Education Union has struck up a deal with the Andrews Government, and the cross-system …
What we must do now to rescue Australian schools
We expect education to be a catalyst for more equitable and inclusive societies yet too often governments and systems deploy one-stop solutions without detailed plans for how exactly improvements will be achieved or at what costs. The Building Education Systems for Equity and Inclusion report comes from an Academy of Social Sciences of Australia workshop …
Why we must talk about teacher professionalism now
In 2016, Judyth Sachs reflected on her 2003 monograph ‘The Activist Teaching Profession’ and asked, ‘Teacher professionalism: Why are we still talking about it?‘. In that paper, she argued ‘the time for an industrial approach to the teaching profession has passed’ and made a case for ‘systems, schools and teachers to be more research active …
The evidence says teachers need more time and more money. Why is the government ignoring it?
Governments must stop telling teachers to scale up practice by copying strategies developed for another school’s context. The latest change in NSW education policy again confuses teacher learning from their own evidence-based practice with guidance from practice developed elsewhere. Scaling up won’t work for improved learning outcomes. Here’s why. The context of our schools is …
We must embed the full histories of this Country or rob all Australian students of understanding our home
We come together as Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal collaborators with a strong desire to see the excellent policy reforms in Indigenous education in Australia come to life. …
Teacher learning, not student test results, should be a national priority for Australia
Ongoing professional development of teachers is vital for the successful education of our children. At present, teacher learning …