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Tag: Australia
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Science in Time-Short Classrooms, Post
Science in Time-Short Classrooms Simple Ways Science in Time-Short Classrooms has some ideas that are workable for busy teachers. It combines the science context with literacy lessons. Also, parents can follow these simple principles when teaching their own children in the home setting. 1 — A set reading piece on a science topic provides children…
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Grattan Institute Education Nonsense
Grattan Institute Education Nonsense Dr Jordana Hunter has a PhD — but not in Education. Hunter’s areas of study are in Social and Political Science, Law and Commerce. She is one of the authors of the Grattan Institute Education Guarantee Report released in February 2024. Anika Stobart, the co-author, has first degrees in law and…
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Closing the Gap, Post
Closing the Gap Aboriginal children in remote parts of Australia are well below the national standards in education. Despite the objectives of “closing the gap” between First Peoples and the greater part of the Australian population over many years, we are failing. Further reading at this link: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/indigenous-australians/closing-the-school-completion-gap-for-indigenous-s/summary Can I say it in a kind way?…
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Teacher Shortage 2023, Post
Teacher Shortage 2023 Teacher Shortage 2023 is a problem that has been brewing for many years. Increased student numbers; heavier teacher workloads; more administration and form-filling! The Education Departments around Australia heard but did nothing. There were lots of stats available to them about teachers’ sick leave, burnout, stress levels and resignations. Governments are good…
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NAPLAN Results 2022, Post
NAPLAN Results 2022 NAPLAN Results 2022 confirm the trend: for ten years literacy results indicate students are not moving forward between Grade 4 and Year 7. Australian schools are good at teaching early literacy. By Year 4, students can >decode the text on the page; >answer questions relating to the chronology of stories; >find explicit…
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Enquiry Learning Lacks Research, Post
Enquiry Learning Lacks Research Emeritus Professor John Sweller of UNSW questions the continuing extension of enquiry-based learning in the face of recent research findings about how humans learn. In https://www.cis.org.au/publication/why-inquiry-based-approaches-harm-students-learning/ Three earlier posts published since 2018 from a hands-on knowledge of enquiry tasks in schools. Enquiry Learning Needs Overhaul, Post Enquiry Tasks Have…
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Teaching Handwriting, Post
Teaching Handwriting Teaching Handwriting can be straight-forward. It’s a matter of learning a few phrases for regular repetition and a few others. It’s like learning to drive. Once you know what you’re doing, it’s easy and automatic. Links: This Page will be informative: Early Primary School, Page An early literacy lesson pack: “His Name is Nip”…
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Elite Principals in Schools, Post
The positive effect of parents’ socio-economic standing (SES) is less than it used to be and the negative effect of staff turnover in larger primary schools is now greater.
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Enquiry Learning Needs Overhaul, Post
Enquiry Learning Needs Overhaul Enquiry Learning Needs Overhaul as it is not working well. Information needs to be presented to students in an orderly and structured way. Enquiry methods do not allow for this. Some academics and teachers include practical tasks in Enquiry Learning. If it is included, it has always been with us. Taking a…
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Reader Sets in Primary Schools, Post
Readers can confuse because each publisher uses their own reading level codes. Levels vary between schools depending on the publisher used.