Global school shutdowns in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed online education and virtual schooling to the forefront of the political agenda, writes Neil Selwyn Millions of young people being educated through Zoom tutorials, Google Classroom, and Microsoft Teams was soon touted as a...
In the series, Better Teachers, Claire Brown, explores how to improve teacher education in Australia. She looks at what the evidence says on a range of themes including how to raise the status of the profession and measure and improve teacher quality. “I’m just so bad...
In this Covid-19 atmosphere, where parents have to become the teacher for their child teaching in isolation from home, we look at what makes a great teacher and why parents will appreciate them more when our closed schools reopen. It’s well-known that teachers have the biggest...
We ask four Australians what they want most to better our schools....
There's a new wave of school kids worldwide, devising solutions to real-world problems from inside the classroom through a bold new educational paradigm....
If you’re a parent who despairs about the amount of holiday time your child spends on their devices, here’s a way to get kids to be more than just zombie-gamers....
We take a look at why parents decide to homeschool their children, how it works, difficulties and the social and academic benefits....
Fostering a love of learning is central to the Shichida Method of young children’s education....
