Short articles

‘Tech-savvy doesn’t necessarily mean privacy-savvy.’ Teacher talks to Julie Maclean, co-author of a new report into student smartphone use, about how a generation that has grown up with technology is failing to mitigate the risks, and what schools can do to help.

For the past 8 weeks, we’ve been sharing the stories of our Teacher Awards 2024 winners. In our final profile on this year’s winners, we speak with Alison Morley from St Canice’s Primary School. She’s been recognised as winner of our Special Contribution Award for her commitment to the teaching profession, the Arts and the wider school community. 

We know, from a decade of Teacher reader survey feedback, how important the topic of wellbeing in schools is to educators. In this article, we find out how the winners of the Teacher Awards 2024 Improving Health and Wellbeing Award are improving student wellbeing in their context.

A free new competition from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) recognises high student achievement in Literacy and Numeracy. Here, we celebrate the inaugural award winners and talk to educators about the value of challenging their high-achieving students.

In this Teacher Awards 2024 winners’ profile, we chat with the executive team at Cessnock High School in NSW. Winners of our Leadership Award for Driving School Improvement, we hear about how they’ve transformed school culture and improved academic achievement.

Educators refer to multiple forms of student data to help them plan out the next steps in teaching and learning, including informal feedback, classroom conversations and written assessments. As Dr Anne Knowles explains in this reader submission, student drawings could also be a useful addition to your toolkit.

In this series, we look at some further readings available on a particular topic, including open access research papers from various online databases, and Teacher archive content you might not have come across yet. This month, we’re looking at the topic of Health and PE.

The 2024 Teacher Awards winners have been announced. In today’s article, we speak with Cathy Cook from Marryatville Primary School in South Australia – winner of the Cultivating an Inclusive and Positive Culture Award – about her comprehensive approach to inclusion.

The winners of the Teacher Awards 2024 have been announced, and we’ve been sharing more details of the outstanding practice recognised. Today we catch up with Kristie Shulz and Elizabeth Willman, from Queensland’s Parklands Christian College – winners of the Excellence in Curriculum Design and Implementation award.

To celebrate 10 years of Teacher magazine online, we’ve been reflecting on the publication’s impact, including milestones and highlights from the last decade. In today’s article we look at trends from our reader survey, including your most requested topics and favourite formats.