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Teaching in context – finding the starting point
Teaching in context – finding the starting point

Dave Tout discusses the first stage of connecting maths to the real world – negotiating a theme or context.

Understanding changing images of assessment
Understanding changing images of assessment

Fiona Gordon explores how documenting professional learning conversations can help you understand the images of assessment that teachers hold.

Teacher's bookshelf: 10 must-reads
Teacher's bookshelf: 10 must-reads

As a Teacher reader, you can access 20 per cent off certain titles by visiting one of ACER's Bookshops during May and June, and greeting staff with: 'I'm a Teacher reader!'

Spotlight on practitioners
Spotlight on practitioners

Educators from around the world will gather in Sydney next month to share successful approaches that have helped to improve student learning outcomes in school communities.

Research Files Special: Dr Rukmini Banerji on monitoring schooling and learning across India
Research Files Special: Dr Rukmini Banerji on monitoring schooling and learning across India

Dr Rukmini Banerji tells Teacher about India’s Annual Status of Education Report study, which monitors schooling and learning across the country.

Assessment reform and innovation
Assessment reform and innovation

This month we find out how educators can play a part in assessment reform.

Photonics – the science of light
Photonics – the science of light

What is photonics? And, how can you make it relevant to your students? Teacher turned to Australian photonics expert, Professor Tanya Monro, for help.

Ahead of the curve
Ahead of the curve

‘From a moral sense, we asked “what can we do better?”’ How a focus on the fundamentals of primary education rapidly transformed results at a Western Australian school.

Online NAPLAN tests are just around the corner
Online NAPLAN tests are just around the corner

Online NAPLAN tests that are tailored to ability and give a more precise measurement of where students are at in their learning look set to be introduced.

Communicate – maintaining a positive school reputation
Communicate – maintaining a positive school reputation

In this competitive world, it’s vital that you establish and maintain a positive reputation for your school with careful communications planning. Sam Elam and Katrina Byers explain how.