Stress is common among teachers, and recent reports suggest it’s getting worse, write researchers Rebecca J. Collie and Caroline F. Mansfield We need to understand the sources of this stress to improve support for teachers. Growing teacher shortages in Australia underscore the need for this support. It...
Sue Ollerhead reports why all teachers need to teach language and literacy, not just English teachers Proposed changes to the New South Wales English syllabus reinforce the misguided idea that the teaching of language and literacy skills should fall chiefly to English teachers, leaving other teachers...
One of the advantages of a STEM focus over traditional teaching methods is the suitability of problem-based learning (PBL) as a pedagogical approach. Through PBL, processes and knowledge from science, mathematics, engineering and technology are integrated to tackle real-world problems in situations that are uncertain, not...
We have a solution, report researchers Julie Sonnemann and Rebecca Joiner. Almost all teachers (92%) in our study out today said they don’t have enough time to prepare effectively for classroom teaching – the core of their job. The Grattan Institute surveyed 5,442 Australian teachers and school...
COVID and schools: Rachel Wilson and Giuseppe Carabetta report why Australia is about to feel the full brunt of its teacher shortage The Omicron wave is likely to exacerbate Australia’s existing teacher shortages and demanding workloads. As school starts at the end of January and beginning...
Here are 4 of them writes Marg Rogers Thousands of families are without childcare as hundreds of services have had to close due to a surge in COVID cases, while many more are running at reduced capacity. Many parents dread another chaotic year that may have...
Educators Penny Levickis, Amelia Church, Jane Page, Lisa Murray and Patricia Eadie look at the problems. Our research, on more than 200 educators’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, exposed existing strains on the system and further eroded their well-being. However, educators also identified three important ways their...
Early childhood educators are slaves to the demands of box-ticking regulations, writes Marg Rogers, University of New England More than two-thirds of Australian early childhood educators reported working many extra hours to satisfy regulatory requirements in our 2021 survey. Half did unpaid work during accreditation —...
The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) launches its 10-day #BrightFuture campaign. It will culminate on Friday 29 October, the day Australia celebrates World Teachers’ Day, 29 October 2021 The community and teachers are encouraged to post a photo in their sunglasses on social...
Researchers say they have the evidence for what works in schools, but that doesn’t mean everyone uses it By June 2020, the COVID-19 crisis had forced schools to close in 188 countries, disrupting the learning of more than 1.7 billion children. The OECD estimated the impact...
