The Conversation, 28 Jan 2020. In terms of developing 21st century skills, which includes setting up students for lifelong learning, teaching critical thinking should be core business.
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Sydney Morning Herald, 13 Dec 2019. Richard Holden and Adrian Piccoli. A back to the basics response to PISA ignores the fact that PISA is about 15 year olds and that NAPLAN data show “the basics” have improved.
The Conversation, 16 Dec 2019. There is a clear relationship between owning books and reading ability. The author, an early childhood and primary education expert, outlines the benefits of owning books.
EduResearch Matters, 8 Dec 2019. This open letter voices the concerns of over 180 literacy educators on the composition of the “expert” task force created to advise the Australian Government on the teaching of phonics and reading. Two of the three task force members have never taught classes of kids to read and write and have highlighted their bias in prior media releases. Can we trust their advice to the…
National Council of Teachers of English, 5 Dec 2019. The NCTE is a significant professional association devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. This short position paper from NCTE is a must-read. The act of reading is always embedded in purposeful, meaningful activity at all levels. Even pre-school children learn naturally this way (just as my 3 year old…
Kate Noble, The Conversation, 18 Nov 2019. Many educators and researchers argue more play in the early years of school could better support children’s transition and learning. We need to better integrate play-based learning into schools’ formal learning structures.
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Professor Roessingh, The Conversation, 5 Nov 2019. The miracle of the hand-brain connection lies at the existential core of what it means to be human – that is, to have developed as tool makers and language users.
The Conversation, 10 Nov 2019. Two out of every three students attend public schools, yet the Morrison government has ensure that 99% of public schools will not reach the Schooling Resource Standard by 2023. Why is this allowed to happen?
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