The new Federal Minister for Education Jason Clare announced last Friday he would convene a Teacher Workforce Roundtable …
In the final part in our series of what the next government should do to save Australian education, …
Each day this week, EduResearch Matters will publish the views of educational leaders on the state of education …
Each day this week, EduResearch Matters will publish the views of educational leaders on the state of education …
The Federal Government review of Initial Teacher Education has reinvigorated debates about attracting high-quality candidates into the teaching …
In what, internationally, is becoming a sure sign of an impending general election, here we have yet another review of initial teacher education in Australia – a ‘thousand and second damnation’, perhaps, in the words of one of the review panel members. Delivered to former minister Alan Tudge in October but released last Thursday with …
The announcement of the Quality Initial Teacher Education Review (QITER) and publication of the expert group’s discussion paper reminded some in the initial teacher education (ITE) and research communities of the continuing influence of England on Australian education policy as well as this country’s own unique history of a hundred and one damnations in teacher …
Improving teacher quality has been central to recent education reform initiatives around the world. However, what counts as …
Schools are struggling with major teacher shortages and the reason is clear. Australia’s education system is missing one fundamental part – a national teacher recruitment and retention strategy. Every other country I have reviewed has one; here’s England’s, here is Bulgaria’s, Zimbabwe’s is recently announced. I’m not emphasising this because we should copy other countries. …
The announcement of another review into Initial Teacher Education ( ITE) has sparked a flurry of responses from …