What are the essential skills we need for learning and life, and how can teachers help students to develop them? The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has been working with more than 30 countries to identify 5 essential skills and design a suite of free educator resources. Dr Claire Scoular shares more details in this expert Q&A.

In today’s Q&A, Teacher speaks with the National Excellence in Teaching Awards 2024 winner of the Founders’ Principal for Leadership Award, Angela Phillips from Westminster School in South Australia. She chats about her work to establish engaging professional learning opportunities, increase the number of Highly Accomplished and Lead Teachers, and her latest initiative – a Micro Rewards scheme for staff.

Have you ever asked your students for advice on how you could help them to get more engaged in learning at school? That is exactly what Dr Amy Berry and Dr Kellie Picker did in their recent study, Student perspectives on engaging in learning at school. In part one of their 3-part series for Teacher on student engagement, the authors explore students’ top tips on how teachers could help them get more engaged in learning. 

In this 3-part series on student engagement, Dr Amy Berry and Dr Kellie Picker are sharing insights from their study Student perspectives on engaging in learning at school. In today’s article, they share student perspectives on learning at school, and explore what it means to be a good learner. 

The Butterfly Foundation’s BodyKind Online Education program will be available to schools in early 2025. In today’s article, Head of Prevention at Butterfly Danni Rowlands discusses what the program is exactly, some of the results of the pilot evaluation of the program, and discusses how it supports a safer online experience for young people in Australia. 

The latest annual Youth Survey by national charity Mission Australia received responses from 17,480 young people (aged 15-19) around the country on issues important to them in 2024. Here, we look at the top personal challenges they are facing.

The annual Ethics Index by the Governance Institute of Australia measures the population’s overall view of how ethical the behaviour of major sectors is. The education sector continues to be perceived as the most ethical sector. Here, we see 2024 results for all 8 sectors, specific occupations within education, and how public perceptions have changed from 2023.

The world’s largest study on shared book reading has highlighted the importance of having books in the home. The Australian research found bringing books into the home has a significant impact on a child’s positive shared book reading habits, emerging language and literacy skills, as well as family engagement.

One of the topics in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) student questionnaire is the quality of student-teacher relationships. This infographic looks at the responses of Australian students in the 2022 test cycle, by state and territory.

A recent survey of more than 1,000 K-12 teachers working in Australian schools has found 47% (almost all female) have experienced sexual harassment within a school environment. Here we share the 6 key findings from the survey and some of the responses from participants.