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.
Don’t miss this active, engaging and practical workshop. To register: click above, or click ‘Events‘ in the main menu at the top.
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?
Peter Goss, The Conversation, 11 Nov 2019. Big gains to Year 5 evaporate by Year 7. This rules out poor early reading instruction as a cause. This reading problem isn’t about phonics, but a failure to stretch students in upper primary school.
The Guardian, 8 Nov 2019. The teachers’ union says this is another slush fund for private schools, on top of the $1.2 billion Choice and Affordability fund for Catholic and independent schools (which also included money for drought-affected areas). But more than 80% of students in drought-effected areas attend public schools.
NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Statement on Independent Reading, Nov 2019.
EducationHQ News, Dr Pam Ryan, 8 Nov 2019. On the surface, teaching is a caring profession, one which people enter with the altruistic desire to bring out the best in others. However, whispers in staffrooms tell a different story. (This article available to EducationHQ subscribers only.)
sbs.com.au, The Feed, 7 Nov 2019. Italy will become the world’s first country to make it compulsory for school children to study climate change and sustainable development. Let’s hope many countries follow their example.
The Age, 3 Nov 2019. The principal hired two full-time teacher-librarians and introduced a school-wide reading program. This year, the school received national recognition from ACARA for the remarkable improvement in reading results. NAPLAN results in 2016 were at the school’s lowest point, but gains in 2018 doubled the Victorian average.
Recent Comments