Australia Association for Research in Education
Making space in our schools for children to develop their creativity
Nurturing creativity is a key focus of twenty-first century educational and employment discourses here and around the world. However we believe secondary school teachers in Australia are frustrated in their efforts to develop creative and critical thinkers who are ready for employment in the 21st century. Crowded curriculums and high-stakes testing make it difficult for …
Six reasons Artificial Intelligence technology will never take over from human teachers
The next twenty years will see teachers under increasing pressure to convincingly justify their existence. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are already prompting calls for teaching to be automated, learner-driven and ‘teacher-proof’. While these technologies might still require non-specialised classroom facilitators and technicians, the role of the highly trained expert teacher is coming under …
Gonski’s new plan to reinvent Australian schools for the future has this one big flaw
My favourite episode of the American television comedy Seinfeld is the one titled “The Opposite”. Jerry Seinfeld’s mate, George, was always down on his luck until one day he decided to do the opposite of everything that came into his head. His natural instincts had gotten him nowhere. He had no job and was still …
Leading ed researchers respond to Australian Govt’s review of rural, regional and remote education
Response to the report of the Independent Review into Regional, Rural and Remote Education (IRRRRE) We welcome the …
Hear our voices: growing up with speech, language and communication needs
In kindy, I was very sad for most of the time. Nobody could understand me, so they didn’t …
21 simple design elements that will make any School Assessment Task sheet accessible
If you have a child in secondary school in Australia, you are probably familiar with assessment task sheets. …
It’s time to be honest with parents about NAPLAN: your child’s report is misleading, here’s how
You know there is something going wrong with Australia’s national testing program when the education minister of the largest state calls for it to be axed. The testing program, which started today across the nation, should be urgently dumped according to NSW Education Minister, Rob Stokes, because it is being “used dishonestly as a school …
Here’s what is going wrong with ‘evidence-based’ policies and practices in schools in Australia
An academic‘s job is, quite often, to name what others might not see. Scholars of school reform in …
NAPLAN testing begins for 2018 and here’s what our children think about it
Australia’s national literacy and numeracy testing program, NAPLAN, for 2018 begins today, on Tuesday 15th May. Classrooms have …