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 …
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Teaching National Shame: History and citizenship in the school curriculum
This paper examines the impact of changing approaches to teaching history and citizenship on the cultivation of national identity in Australia and the UK.
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Setting the preschool foundation for success in Mathematics
Children’s mathematical competencies in school impact on their long-term outcomes at work and in general life.
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Some Critical Thoughts about Critical and Creative Thinking
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.
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Writing matters: reversing a legacy of policy failure in Australian education
Generational decline in student achievement and teacher expertise in writing skills — the poor cousin of reading skills in Australian …
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A 2021 education resolution: keep an eye on the Australian Curriculum
The COVID-19 pandemic is stimulating debate about the relationship between the governed and their leaders, both elected and appointed. In …
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Pain without gain: Why school closures are bad policy
The decision by state and territory governments to strongly advise parents to keep their children at home and essentially close …
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Submission to the NSW Curriculum Review Interim Report Consultations
The NSW Government commissioned a review of the state’s curriculum in September, 2018, to be completed in early 2020. Led …
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What Do Parents Want From Schools?
Educational freedom and proper use of resources are both crucial in producing the best outcomes for school students. This paper …
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Overcoming the Odds 2: Where are the top-performing disadvantaged secondary schools?
Students from disadvantaged social backgrounds perform worse academically on average than more advantaged students. However, some students and schools from …
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Attitude to history has moved from pride to shame
Think of the great Enlightenment philosophers — Hume, Hegel or Kant — and what comes to mind? Religious tolerance, individual …
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The new national school curriculum should be celebrated
Australia’s educators and policymakers now have a less cluttered, clearer, and more knowledge-based school curriculum, following agreement at Friday’s meeting …
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Roll out the test that stops children failing at the first hurdle
Little is more fundamental to the success of an individual than literacy. If our children do not develop the abilities …
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In defence of exams and the ATAR
The pandemic has provided an excuse for some progressive education advocates to attempt another coup d’ATAR and recycle tired anti-exam …
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Paying best teachers to perform will help lift education outcomes
Australia’s education unions continue to demand yet more funding, rather than provide solutions to improve the performance of the teaching …
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Don’t expel school accountability
This year’s abandonment of NAPLAN could inflict an enduring blow to school accountability. The literacy and numeracy tests — normally …
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Will generation lockdown write good history?
Twenty-first century history is being made each day. The news is full of statue-toppling anarchists and clueless looters, politicians making life …
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NSW curriculum review is a fail
Despite the Berejiklian government’s ‘back to basics’ rhetoric, the NSW curriculum review is proposing a radical overhaul that isn’t based …
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Education reviews are booming. Shame the same can’t be said about school standards
Don’t be fooled by the “back to basics” language from the Berejiklian government — in reality, this NSW curriculum review also contains …
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After too many wasted weeks, our schools need a focus on literacy and numeracy
School students are now almost entirely back to regular classes, but the battle isn’t yet won. What should students be doing once they return to …