Australia Association for Research in Education
University research funding and international student numbers rose, and will likely fall, together
Australia’s universities face multi-billion dollar annual budget shortfalls over the next few years. Fewer international student arrivals are the single biggest cause of falling revenues. In 2018 26 per cent of university revenue came from international students, up from just 3 per cent in 1990. Universities were warned about relying financially on international students. Since …
Virtual Reality in school education: Australia leads the way with groundbreaking research
In 2016, I attended a meeting and fortuitously sat next to the (now retired) principal of Callaghan College …
The ignorance of our shared history is shocking. Morrison’s denial shows us time for truth-telling is NOW
Never has the cultural gap been so evident. What I am talking about is the outright denial and whitewashing of the shared Australian history. The leader of colonial Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison proclaimed on commercial radio station 2GB that Australia was founded on the basis that there be no slavery. His failure to recall …
New evidence: Stark inequity of online access for rural and remote students
It’s long been known that those in regional and remote areas of Australia do not have access to …
Black Lives matter; We matter
So, I lie awake not being able to sleep, as the fire of my Ancestors burns inside me for change. I roll over trying to hide from it all, as I am tired, having just worked a full-time week, raising my gorgeous kids and teaching them from home, working and living for my Community, my …
Speculating on teacher attrition in Australia: Might COVID-19 be ‘the straw that breaks the camel’s back’?
It is worth considering the potential impact COVID-19 might have on teachers, many already feeling devalued and over-worked, …
Public schools DO account for their funding: Public school autonomy processes are onerous and exacting
Among the turmoil generated by COVD19 for schools – are they open, are they closed, staggered attendance, online learning – and significant planning and workload on schools leaders and educators, the New South Wales Auditor-General released a report reviewing needs-based equity funding under the NSW Local Schools, Local Decisions (LSLD) reform. The timing of the …
Financial literacy programs taught in schools are exposed as value-ridden, flawed & totally inadequate
Most of what is taught and learned in financial literacy programs in schools reflects middle class values and …
When the going gets tough artists & arts educators get going with innovative ways of connecting and learning
As 2020 lurches through multiple uncertainties the Australian arts community, already feeling the effects from budget cuts and a stripped back Australia Council funding round, discovered many members do not have access to the Government’s stimulus measures. Australian artists and arts workers united early in April for a day of action under the hashtag #CreateAustraliasFuture to remind us all how much …
Messages from teachers at the coalface as COVID-19 changes everything
I am a university teacher and researcher who studies the art and science of good school leadership. Most …