Australia Association for Research in Education
Two great posts you must read
Friday, why the future of professional experience may be in peril. Monday, why the Teacher Education Expert Panel’s …
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Why the future of professional experience is now in peril
Performance funding for initial teacher education, mandating core curriculum and improving the quality of Professional Experience are issues …
This is mistaken and disrespectful – a wasted opportunity
Teacher educators have been driving improvement in initial teacher education for decades. That’s been clear from as early as 1998 when the Australian Council of Deans of Education released “Preparing a Profession: Report of the National Standards and Guidelines for Initial Teacher Education Project”. The report outlined the first program standards for ITE and, as …
Rich or poor, we wanted to know what was unfair at school now
Australians don’t support educational inequity, so why do we accept a system that creates it? What is ‘fair’ in education? This is an important question in a country like Australia, where our school system features considerable inequality in resourcing. It is common knowledge that some schools in this country are much better resourced than others, …
Why our communities need the power of a voice
The referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament is a pivotal moment in Australia’s history of engagement with …
Want fairness at uni now? There’s one crucial thing the minister forgot
Quality of higher education, equity of participation and access are front and centre in the new Universities Accord …
A reasonably honest portrait of where the system is now
On Wednesday, the Minister for Education Jason Clare, spoke at the National Press Club on the interim report from the Universities Accord Panel, chaired by Professor Mary O’Kane, who have been given the job of transforming Australia’s university sector. The report itself has ambitious long- term goals including parity of participation in higher education between …
The highly risky business of cost cutting
In Victoria, the Australian Education Union has struck up a deal with the Andrews Government, and the cross-system …
It’s a No-Brainer: Beginning Teachers Should Learn About the Brain
Universities around the world train professionals to support children and young people’s academic and social-emotional development. A lot …