Australia Association for Research in Education
COVID-19 is impacting on our teacher workforce. Are we ready for the mostly bad (but some good) effects?
It is worth considering the potential impact COVID-19 might have on teachers, many already feeling devalued and over-worked, as they return to their classrooms after a period of heightened pressure to perform in on-line learning environments. Teacher attrition is a persistent and well-documented problem in Australian education, especially in historically disadvantaged schools where teachers are …
Public schools DO account for their funding: Public school autonomy processes are onerous and exacting
Among the turmoil generated by COVD19 for schools – are they open, are they closed, staggered attendance, online learning – and significant planning and workload on schools leaders and educators, the New South Wales Auditor-General released a report reviewing needs-based equity funding under the NSW Local Schools, Local Decisions (LSLD) reform. The timing of the …
Financial literacy programs taught in schools are exposed as value-ridden, flawed & totally inadequate
Most of what is taught and learned in financial literacy programs in schools reflects middle class values and a conservative ideology about the role of government and individuals in achieving economic prosperity. The COVID-19 pandemic is now disrupting this thinking. Governments tend to take a conventional view of financial literacy, seeing it as a toolkit …
When the going gets tough artists & arts educators get going with innovative ways of connecting and learning
As 2020 lurches through multiple uncertainties the Australian arts community, already feeling the effects from budget cuts and a stripped back Australia Council funding …
Offline distance education (already happening all around Australia) can be highly successful
As many of our children continue with their online learning, there is concern that those with limited access …
Researchers should try to keep researching during the pandemic. Here’s 5 tips to help you do it
Educational researchers, like many other workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, will be working from home for the foreseeable …
Students say uni online learning is mostly ‘busy work’. Here’s what will really engage them
To combat high failure and student drop-out rates, universities have developed strategies to monitor online student engagement through …
Will mass schooling-at-home lead to the death of schools?
All over the country families are trying to cope with the consequences of helping educate their children at home. The immediate short-term problems are trying to keep children engaged in learning activities provided by teachers, but already medium-term challenges are casting terrifying shadows. Centre-stage is the inequality around digital access which affects all of us …
Using evidence to help build and evaluate good ideas in education technology
As researchers, we care that our educational systems improve, support all learners, and are grounded solidly in research …
Messages from teachers at the coalface as COVID-19 changes everything
I am a university teacher and researcher who studies the art and science of good school leadership. Most …