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The Research Files Episode 3: Attendance and outcomes with Dr Steve Zubrick
The Research Files Episode 3: Attendance and outcomes with Dr Steve Zubrick

This month we speak to Steve Zubrick, who recently carried out research into the link between student attendance and educational outcomes.

Feedback on feedback
Feedback on feedback

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.

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.

Music and the Habits of the Mind
Music and the Habits of the Mind

Michelle Waller looks at the relationship between a consistent involvement in music and the development of the Habits of Mind identified by Art Costa and Bena Kallick.

Does A to E grading show individual growth and progress?
Does A to E grading show individual growth and progress?

Professor Geoff Masters says A to E grading doesn't tell the whole story. Teacher editor Jo Earp sat down with him to discuss possible alternatives.

Finding the zone
Finding the zone

Two Melbourne educators have created developmental rubrics to teach students in what Vygotsky called the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - just outside their learning comfort zone.

A three-way approach to development
A three-way approach to development

As a follow-up to last week’s article ‘It’s all about teacher quality’, we look at the fundamentals of the coaching and mentoring program at Dandenong North Primary School in Melbourne's south-east.

Teaching Methods Episode 1: Explicit instruction with John Fleming
Teaching Methods Episode 1: Explicit instruction with John Fleming

Welcome to the first of Teacher’s four-part podcast series on teaching methods. This month we speak to John Fleming about explicit instruction in the classroom.

It's all about teacher quality
It's all about teacher quality

It's an ongoing investment in staff that's driving improvement at Melbourne's Dandenong North Primary School.

Attendance: It's a big deal
Attendance: It's a big deal

Principal Mike O'Connor makes attendance data a 'big deal' at Brisbane's Browns Plains State High School and is only too happy to shine a spotlight on student absence.