Australia Association for Research in Education
teaching standards
Put professional judgement of teachers first or we’ll never get the systemic education improvements we all want. Let’s talk about it
In this blog I’d like to bring together three different lines of educational analysis to show how our …
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 …
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 …
How useful are standards in helping teachers’ professional development?
Teachers are forever learning. The complex world of schooling today means that teachers need to keep learning so …
National Evidence Base for educational policy: a good idea or half-baked plan?
The recent call for a ‘national education evidence base’ by the Australian Government came as no surprise to Australian educators. The idea is that we need to gather evidence, nationally, on which education policies, programs and teaching practices work in order for governments to spend money wisely on education. There have long been arguments that …