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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 …
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. …
Do we need to raise scores for entry into teacher education courses in Australia?
A fierce debate is raging at the moment in political and education circles about the quality of recruits …