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What opportunities are available to your students to develop skills in data analysis, game theory and digital citizenship? eSports might be one vehicle for schools. In this article we speak to the eSport Coordinator at Ripley Valley State Secondary College to find out about its eSport Academy.
It’s well known from the research that high quality teaching and leadership teams learn from each other's practices. In today’s episode of Teacher Staffroom, we highlight one school’s story of their journey to build staff capacity. We also look at what principals have learned from leading during crises, and the success of one school’s phone-free year 9 program.
A survey of over 115,000 students in the UK found that over 71,000 only enjoy reading ‘a bit’ or ‘not at all’ in their free time. To understand more about what could make them want to read, these respondents were asked to choose as many options as they liked from a list of 13 suggestions. The results presented in this infographic offer insights into possible strategies for your own students.
The Australian Council for Educational Research’s (ACER’s) Pru Mitchell was named winner of the inaugural Victorian Library and Information Award (VLIA). Teacher editor Jo Earp sat down with her to talk about teaching and teacher librarianship, sharing knowledge and expertise, and the role of AI, technology and digital literacy in the classroom.
‘Instead of focusing on absence, we focus on presence now. We celebrate students turning up.’ In today’s episode, Dominique Russell is joined by Chantel Barnes, Principal at Glenora District School in rural Tasmania, to hear all about how they’ve flipped the script on attendance in the last 12 months by focusing on the language they use and sharing data with all members of the school community.
Maths anxiety and negative attitudes towards the subject impact student engagement, learning and achievement. St Raphael’s School in Adelaide has just hosted a week-long celebration designed to tackle maths anxiety and bust myths. In our latest leadership Q&A, Principal Emma Fowler shares more.
More than 7,000 Australian school educators have enrolled in the free, online Micro-credentials for Classroom Confidence since their launch in July 2024. Funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and delivered by the University of Adelaide, the 3 micro-credentials have been designed by experts in direct response to teacher needs, offering strategies that can be applied immediately in the classroom.
For teachers introducing students to the periodic table for the first time, Dr Gregory Watson and Dr Jolanta Watson from the University of the Sunshine Coast recommend you begin with a series of 3 pre-periodic tables. In today’s article, they explain what the introductory non-chemistry tables are, and how they can be used at a primary, secondary and even tertiary level.
The IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is a global assessment measuring student achievement in years 4 and 8. Teachers from participating schools also complete a questionnaire. Today’s infographic looks at the topics that science teachers reported needing professional development on in the future.
In a 3-part series for Teacher, the leadership team at Warriapendi Primary School in Perth are sharing how they have built staff instructional capacity to improve student outcomes in literacy. In their final article, they present the impact their work is having on student outcomes so far.
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