In response to threats, we learn to avoid challenge and comply with external rules (instead of wondering how systems can be improved). We protect our feelings and restrict our thoughts to what’s safe.
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A Senate inquiry has found Australian students need specific instruction in how to behave.
Host Vinita Srivastava explores why racist, homophobic and sexist attitudes are increasingly showing up in school-age boys – and what we can do about it.
Take a few minutes out of your day and write something meaningful to thank your child’s teacher.
A survey about college writing instructors’ fears and anxieties about AI demonstrates that student cheating isn’t their only concern. And in fact, many have embraced it as a teaching tool.
As Australia tries to raise the status of teaching, new research shows how mainstream film and TV portrayals are not helping.
Federal and state governments have launched a $10 million advertising campaign to encourage more people to consider a teaching career.
If public administration education is designed and delivered poorly, it sets a course for the systematic destruction of state capability.
New research shows how collaboration between teachers is linked to greater job satisfaction.
What makes a great writer? A key element is the right teacher. Belinda Castles reflects on her own guides, as do authors such as Margaret Drabble, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Paul Theroux in a new book.
Collaborative work benefits calculus students, new research shows.
A report from the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission outlines government and school responsibilities for educating students with disabilities and calls for changes in reading instruction.
Australia’s teachers are predominantly Australian-born, female, and non-Indigenous. Most hail from middle-class backgrounds with urban upbringings, and are less likely to have disabilities.
The Victorian government has announced a $230 million package to encourage an extra 8,000 ‘future teachers’ into the profession.
Ghanaians measure the quality of education by examination scores.
A former fencer who fell in love with the samurai sword explains how learning to wield the weapon can help people stave off trouble in other areas of life.
The idea that each person has a particular learning style is a persistent myth in education. But new research provides more evidence that you won’t learn better in one modality than another.
A study interviewed university teachers to see how they are using video feedback to humanise their feedback to students. But this kind of feedback can be used for much younger students as well.
The federal government has just released a consultation paper on how to make the school system ‘better and fairer’. This includes ways to attract and retain teachers.
There are areas of biology that may be considered optional at younger year levels, such as botany, entomology and marine ecosystems. Evolution is not one of these.
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Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESL, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Educational Leadership, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor in Education, UNSW
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Professor Emeritus Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Learning Sciences, Monash University
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Scientia Professor and Professor of Educational Psychology, UNSW
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Laureate Professor of Education, Director Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, University of Newcastle
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