Teacher’s Desk
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Reading during coronavirus: books can be triggering, but difficult texts teach us resilience, too
Research has shown reading difficult texts with students requires care, and an awareness of how to approach content and trigger…
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Defunding arts degrees is the latest battle in a 40-year culture war
Since the 1980s, the humanities have been particularly vulnerable to funding cuts. This was driven by the hostility of conservative…
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The government claims teaching is a national priority, but cheaper degrees won’t improve the profession
Undergraduates who study teaching will have their HECS fees slashed by 45%. Surely school teachers should be popping the champagne?…
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Have your say on remote and flexible learning
Victorian Minister for Education, James Merlino has opened a community consultation survey this week, ahead of a July summit, to…
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Student teachers must pass a literacy and numeracy test before graduating – it’s unfair and costly
Social distancing rules have made it more difficult for student teachers to take the literacy and numeracy test, but there…
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A collective return to school, and adjusting to the ‘new normal’
Teachers, with their greater understanding of events, may actually experience more trepidation and feelings of uncertainty than their children.
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40% of Australian principals are victims of physical violence
More than 70% work more than 56 hours per week during school terms and 25 hours each week of the…
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Macarthur school adapts quickly to home schooling during COVID-19 pandemic
Headmaster Dr Nockles takes us through his school's layered process: "The planning we undertook included not only online lessons but…
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‘I spoke about Dreamtime, I ticked a box’: teachers say they lack confidence to teach Indigenous perspectives
Teachers must critically reflect on their own identity and how it potentially influences their personal bias and worldview. They must…
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Op-Ed: Online learning: Rethinking teachers’ ‘digital competence’ in light of COVID-19
Teachers have quickly found that they cannot expect students to be doing the same things online at home as they…
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