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Need reminding? Some of the best read blogs of 2021 and how you can help
Thank you to Mihajla Gavin and Meghan Stacey for kicking off the year on EduResearch Matters – on …
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 …
Unexceptional students can grow and develop into highly professional teachers: I know I did it
Aspiring teachers will need to meet a raft of new requirements if they want to get a job …
How useful are standards in helping teachers’ professional development?
Teachers are forever learning. The complex world of schooling today means that teachers need to keep learning so …
National Evidence Base for educational policy: a good idea or half-baked plan?
The recent call for a ‘national education evidence base’ by the Australian Government came as no surprise to Australian educators. The idea is that we need to gather evidence, nationally, on which education policies, programs and teaching practices work in order for governments to spend money wisely on education. There have long been arguments that …