Teaching Resources
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How to be a helpful pre-service teacher supervisor
This week we hear from Emily Kate, teacher and founder of Actual Teaching; a collaborative blog for teacher experience and…
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The Handmaid’s Tale: anti-Christian contraband or a teaching tool?
Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel has long been on the syllabus in Canada and the USA, with history of mild opposition.…
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Building a child’s spoken word bank can boost capacity to read
Children’s oral vocabulary – their knowledge of the sounds and meanings of words – is strongly positively associated with their reading all…
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Future Makers finalist delivers free text book access
‘Hyveminds’ is a social enterprise scheme that provides free access to digital textbooks for students in underprivileged areas in Australia…
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History textbooks still imply that Australians are white
Despite improvements to their content over time, secondary school history textbooks still imply that Australians are white. Research has shown…
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Teachers skilling up through online learning
Every state and territory issues specific requirements for professional development (PD) requirements for continued registration of teachers. Amid constant discussion…
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Great reads for children and teens
Mel Gordon loves running, and watching Seinfeld, but mostly she loves Cathy Freeman. It's 2000 and the Olympics are going…
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Coding, Pi: technology’s progress and its place in curriculum
Already coding has become an essential part of the curriculum for many schools and has managed to spread beyond the…
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Smart classrooms for digital natives
The first interactive whiteboard was released in the early 90s, but in recent years the positioning of Smart technology in…
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Catholic schools’ ‘Safe Schools alternative’ not so alternative
A Catholic school network’s launch of an “alternative” to Safe Schools Coalition - an anti-bullying program – is based on…
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