Schools need programs and structures in place to support the transition from primary to secondary, but research also suggests students' positive expectations could make the experience easier.

To celebrate our first birthday, the Teacher team looks back on some of our favourite podcast interviews from the last 12 months.

New international research suggests educators can play a pivotal role in fostering children's non-cognitive skills, without breaking the school budget.

Three years ago, Kavita Gupta decided to change her method of instruction. Here, she discusses how a three-pronged approach to student engagement has proved beneficial.

The effectiveness of homework continues to be a hotly debated topic, but what does the research tell us? Jo Earp explores.

A school can live or die on the strength of its response to a crisis, so it pays to be prepared, as Katrina Byers explains.

A creative person will possess skills such as critical thinking and divergent thinking, will be able to imagine at higher levels than those around them. Veronica Harris explains how you can plan for and assess creativity in your classroom.

Look at learning or mastery in fields as diverse as sports, the arts, languages, the sciences or recreational activities and the research evidence is clear: great teachers give great feedback, says Stephen Dinham.

In Episode 2 of Teacher's four-part podcast series on teaching methods, we speak to Australian educator Andrew Douch, about the flipped classroom.

The year 2014 sees the 25th anniversary of ACER's Assessment of Languages Competence program.