Younger teens typically experience a dip in school engagement. Electives can help them stay excited about learning.
- Professor, Griffith Institute for Educational Research and School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Griffith University
Education Minister Jason Clare says completion rates for teaching degrees are 50% compared to 70% for other degrees. This sounds alarming but there is a different way to look at the figures.
Two teacher educators look at how we can keep students in teaching degrees. Reimbursing them for professional placements in schools would be a start.
The adolescent brain is particularly vulnerable to experience. Puberty is is the time brain networks are hardwired around milestone events. We should help teenagers make meaning of the pandemic.
Eight Year 12 students in Queensland share how they feel about their disrupted, final year of school.
With Year 12s studying for their final year exam, the score of which will be converted into a ranking as related to their peers across the country, many Victorians are worried they may be set back.
Getting rid of NAPLAN would allow teachers more time to respond to and address the needs of their students, rather than teaching to the test.
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