Dominique Russell is the Acting Deputy Editor of Teacher.
As an educator, you may be aware that misogynistic thinking has increased among young boys recently. So, what can teachers do to tackle misogyny in their classrooms, and what can leaders do to create safer spaces? These are the questions a new 2-year research project hope to answer. Dominique Russell speaks with the lead researcher and co-chief investigator in this episode of The Research Files.
We’re delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2024 Teacher Awards. Nominees from all school sectors and 5 states have been recognised and will now progress to the final judging. Find out more in today’s article.
It’s now been 10 years of the annual Teacher reader survey. To mark the occasion, we’re relaunching our survey with a new look and brand-new questions. Complete the survey today, and if you’re based in Australia, you’ll go into the running to win a $500 VISA gift card!
Last month, new data from PISA 2022 on the creative thinking assessment were released, showing Australian students performed strongly. At Teacher, we’ve been looking at the topic of creative thinking and teaching creativity, and in this episode, we get you up to speed on the insights we’ve gathered.
The annual Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report on the number of schools, students and staff across Australia in 2023 has been released. In this infographic, we look at some of the latest figures and compare them to the same figures recorded for 2022.
The award-winning children’s TV series Little J & Big Cuz is returning with a brand-new season on 8 July. Now in its fourth season, the animated show is translated into 17 Australian First Nations languages and supports First Nations children and their families with the transition from home to school.
Financial literacy is an important life skill, but a new report from the OECD analysing results from the PISA 2022 optional financial literacy assessment found that while most 15-year-olds are already consumers of financial products, many still lack some of the skills and knowledge that are needed to make sound financial decisions for themselves.
We’re at the end of term 2 in Australia and in this episode of Teacher Staffroom, we catch you up on content we’ve published recently that you might find useful at this time of year – including tax tips for teachers, leaders seeking feedback from staff to inform their next steps, and the benefits of successful partnerships with universities.
Highly effective schools enhance student outcomes by fostering strong 2-way partnerships. In this podcast Dominique Russell is joined by Lesley Johnson from Trinity College in Adelaide, and Simon Leonard from the University of South Australia to discuss the success of their partnership that has been ongoing since 2017, including how it’s improving practice for both school and university staff.
We’ve explored some recent international research on the topic of attendance, and also looked at how one school in Australia is focusing on attendance, at Teacher recently. So, in this episode of Teacher Staffroom we bring you up to speed on this content and, of course, share some other highlights
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