Australia Association for Research in Education
Unexceptional students can grow and develop into highly professional teachers: I know I did it
Aspiring teachers will need to meet a raft of new requirements if they want to get a job teaching in NSW public schools from 2019. NSW Education Minister, Rob Stokes, who has criticized universities for accepting students with low ATAR scores into Initial Teacher Education courses, has set the bar high with a new Teacher …
Words matter: how the latest school funding report (Gonski 2.0) gets it so wrong
Much has been said about David Gonski’s second review of school funding in Australia. It is a document …
Teachers are NOT under-qualified and NOT under-educated: here’s what is really happening
Australian teachers are doing well. They are not under-qualified and they are certainly not under-educated, as some media stories would have you believe. They are doing an admirable job managing exhausting workloads and constantly changing government policies and processes. They are more able than past generations to identify and help students with wide ranging needs. …
Data sharing and the challenges facing educational researchers
The way educational researchers share their research is changing. Across the world, interest is growing in encouraging researchers …
AARE Refugee Statement
The Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) is deeply concerned about the severe impact and harm being …
How digital technologies can change teaching practices (in a good way)
Teachers in Australian schools today are facing increasing pressures to move to more didactic, teacher-centred approaches to teaching. …
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in schools: are you ready for it? Let’s talk
Interest in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in schools is growing. More educators are participating in important …
How school principals respond to govt policies on NAPLAN. (Be surprised how some are resisting)
School principals in Australia are increasingly required to find a balance between improving student achievement on measurable outcomes (such as NAPLAN) and focusing energies on things that can’t as easily be measured; such as how well a school teaches creative and critical thinking, how it connects with its local community or how collaboratively teachers on …
Teacher learning, not student test results, should be a national priority for Australia
Ongoing professional development of teachers is vital for the successful education of our children. At present, teacher learning …