
Myths That Undermine Maths Teaching
Myths about learning and teaching maths continue to plague classroom practice despite consistent lack of evidence demonstrating positive outcomes for …
Myths about learning and teaching maths continue to plague classroom practice despite consistent lack of evidence demonstrating positive outcomes for …
This paper examines the impact of changing approaches to teaching history and citizenship on the cultivation of national identity in Australia and the UK.
Children’s mathematical competencies in school impact on their long-term outcomes at work and in general life.
Developing creative and critical thinking is a major priority of educators and policymakers. This is promoted because of popular views that students today require more creativity and critical thinking than past generations.
Generational decline in student achievement and teacher expertise in writing skills — the poor cousin of reading skills in Australian …
The COVID-19 pandemic is stimulating debate about the relationship between the governed and their leaders, both elected and appointed. In …
The decision by state and territory governments to strongly advise parents to keep their children at home and essentially close …
The NSW Government commissioned a review of the state’s curriculum in September, 2018, to be completed in early 2020. Led …
Educational freedom and proper use of resources are both crucial in producing the best outcomes for school students. This paper …
Students from disadvantaged social backgrounds perform worse academically on average than more advantaged students. However, some students and schools from …
A new Productivity Commission report confirms what’s long been known: Australian schools are failing on the twin goals of educational …
Think of the great Enlightenment philosophers — Hume, Hegel or Kant — and what comes to mind? Religious tolerance, individual …
Australia’s educators and policymakers now have a less cluttered, clearer, and more knowledge-based school curriculum, following agreement at Friday’s meeting …
Little is more fundamental to the success of an individual than literacy. If our children do not develop the …
The pandemic has provided an excuse for some progressive education advocates to attempt another coup d’ATAR and recycle tired anti-exam …
Australia’s education unions continue to demand yet more funding, rather than provide solutions to improve the performance of the teaching …
This year’s abandonment of NAPLAN could inflict an enduring blow to school accountability. The literacy and numeracy tests — normally …
Twenty-first century history is being made each day. The news is full of statue-toppling anarchists and clueless looters, politicians making life …
Despite the Berejiklian government’s ‘back to basics’ rhetoric, the NSW curriculum review is proposing a radical overhaul that isn’t based …
Don’t be fooled by the “back to basics” language from the Berejiklian government — in reality, this NSW curriculum review also contains …