Education

This academic says Minister Birmingham is right to be concerned about the decline in literacy standards of Year 9 students, but the solution will not be found in a phonics test for six-year-olds.

The influence of genes on school achievement has now been well established by researchers using the “natural experiment” afforded by identical and non-identical twins. Genes only accounts for 50 to 75 percent.

Education leaders from across Australia met last week to discuss their continued commitment to strengthening initial teacher education (ITE), which will lead to higher quality, classroom-ready graduates.

Australian schools are caught up in a “cult of speed” - largely driven by NAPLAN reporting, which is focused on testing for improvements in test results from year to year. Experts call for 'slow schooling' revolution.

Parents are demanding less screen time at school to balance the screens their kids watch at home. As a result, the question of whether technology in the classroom helps or hinders learning is in the spotlight.

Rural teaching needs a rethink, and a brand new specialised image to remedy the dearth of teachers willing to get out of the city and taste rural living.

2017 NAPLAN results indicated 16.5% of year nine students across Australia were below benchmark in writing. When those same students were in year three, only 2.8% of them were below benchmark. What happened in those six years?

Budding STEM industry professionals went all out last month at the ARS Education annual STEM competition where they created, collaborated and competed with a Makerspace theme.

Although educators claim to value creativity, they don’t always prioritise it. Teachers often have biases against creative students, fearing that creativity in the classroom will be disruptive.

Reports of terrorism fill news bulletins. Should our students be exposed to these reports? How should teachers help them understand them and is it even our job?