The Age, 20 Oct 2022. The NAPLAN writing test stifles creativity and forces teachers to deliver lessons that are geared to focus on a narrow band of criteria unrelated to the craft of creative writing.
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Dr Paul Thomas, 18 Sept 2022. Pronouncing nonsense words is complete nonsense, and even worse, it is not reading — but it is wasting valuable teaching and learning time that every student deserves, time better spent with meaningful experiences with real words and real texts. Continue reading
Dr Peter Gray, Psychology Today, 23 July 2022. Reposted 20 Aug 2022. Schools produce anxiety and depression and then hire counsellors to reduce them. Gray challenges school systems to do an experiment. In one condition, continue with standard practice. In the second condition, hire more therapists. In the third condition, cut homework or eliminate it, reduce the emphasis on testing, and most important, include at least one full hour of…
The Age, 4 August 2022. NAPLAN is sapping a generation of students of their capacity for creative writing, a study has found, with the national standardised test accused of rewarding those who produce formulaic writing and penalising creative expression.
Gabbie Stroud, The Guardian, 27 Jun 2022. Australia is facing mass teacher unrest and an exodus from the profession. Teachers on the cusp of leaving explain why.
EducationHQ, 24 May 2022. You only have to turn on the TV to see why the mental health of our youth is suffering.
The Times, London. 4 March 2022. The most successful education systems in the world dedicate huge resources to what happens before children even get to school. The evidence is overwhelming. What happens in the first 1000 days of life is critical to outcomes later in life. (Also available at https://apple.news/Ag4T-F4v2RkKGASW95UmWzw)
The Conversation, 28 Feb 2022. The brain processes language in the same way as music. Music education is a powerful complementary learning experience, not a “nice but not essential” part of the curriculum.
Pasi Sahlberg & Adrian Piccoli, The Guardian, 22 Feb 2022. The evidence is overwhelming that money matters in education, especially for disadvantaged students. Socio-economic segregation between schools has increased and the achievement gap between affluent and poorer children has widened.
Dr Paul Gardner, EduResearch Matters, 13 Dec 2021. There is much banging on about ‘evidence’ without really being clear what that means.
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