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Education
OK computer: to prevent students cheating with AI text-generators, we should bring them into the classroom
Long-form writing, especially essay writing, remains one of the best ways to teach critical analysis.
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Industry voices
You won’t believe where these school tours are taking students
School tours are more exciting than ever, featuring Broadway workshops, Stella Adler acting workshops, international sports competitions, lunches with NASA…
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News
Outdoor learning builds bonds with students
“Seventy-one percent of secondary students felt that,” according to a study, “their teachers had a better understanding of how they…
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News
A familiar place among the chaos: how schools can help students cope after the bushfires
Even students not directly affected by the fires might be distressed by images they have seen or stories they have…
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News
Teachers, get out more!
Place-based learning is out-of-classroom learning without the seven-hour bus journey and inevitable front seat vomiter.
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External Learning
Flexible approach to learning at small high school
Maddy Jerrett is proof that Coonamble High School is a small school with big opportunities.
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News
PISA doesn’t define education quality, and knee-jerk policy proposals won’t fix whatever is broken
There are two striking features of the reactions to the PISA results. First, it seems broadly accepted PISA defines educational…
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News
Do parent/teacher interviews have to be a nightmare?
Yes, it is end-of-year parent/teacher conference time. The most fun part of the year – said no teacher ever!
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News
Quality teachers have biggest impact on disadvantaged students
Teacher quality, classroom environment and school leadership are the biggest in-school factors affecting educational outcomes for Indigenous, regional, remote and…
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Events
Mind-blowing results for our schools
The STEM Long Term Challenge involved building a machine that could move a ping-pong ball from 1.6-metre high to a…
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