Australia Association for Research in Education
equity in schooling
If you want gender justice, should you ban private boys’ schools?
The “offensive and misogynistic behaviour” of elite private school boys that routinely erupts into the public consciousness is not an aberration. It is a byproduct of the heterosexist ‘machinery’ that organises relational life within these schools (Variyan & Wilkinson, under review). There is strong evidence that young female teachers are being responsibilised for boys sexually …
Curriculum review: where was NESA’s consultation?
NESA’s announcement last Monday about its curriculum overhaul had several disturbing aspects to it, writes Debra Batley. …
2019 REPORT CARD for Australia’s national efforts in education
It’s the end of the school year and school reports are being sent home. Let’s imagine every Australian …
What does the post-truth world hold for teachers and educational researchers?
As 2016 draws to an end, I am left with a deep sense that things are going very, very wrong. I waver between fury and frustration, unease and dread. But these feelings are useless without some action. I presented in a symposium at the AARE conference recently on social justice, and our theme was reframing …