Teaching Resources

Teaching Aboriginal students requires sensitivity and knowledge about Aboriginal cultural protocols. Successful programs relate content to real life and build on strengths while working around limitations.

This week, Adam Voigt delights us with sports stories and well-reasoned tips on time-disclosure. If you tell students how long you're going to talk, and stick to it, they might even listen to you...

New research shows 84 percent of year 12 students in one state are distracted by mobile phones. What are the biggest distractors? What do students think will help them focus?

According to a information released by the federal government, the rollout of performance assessments for new teachers graduating in 2018 is “lifting the bar on teaching quality”.

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines have never been more important to Australia’s future. Is it time to get science labs better resourced at a primary level?

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?

If all our students are special, how can any of them be. Wouldn’t that make special … average? Adam Voigt suggests we focus on reminding them they are capable instead.

When used judiciously and deliberately under the teacher’s control, there may be less to lose and more to gain from handheld electronic devices - used wisely, they can enhance learning.

As a teacher, you are likely to have been asked the question: “What’s the point of maths?” This is often followed by: “When will I ever use this stuff?” or “How will maths help me later in life?”

Robotics students at Barker College in Sydney are still collecting themselves after a whirlwind of competitions, and a year of dazzling success. School News spoke with robotics coordinator and computer science teacher, Lael Grant, for the details.