Cultural background

Latest data indicate a 10 per cent attendance gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. What's the role for teachers in improving attendance among Indigenous children?

When the school leaders at this college set out to develop and extend teaching expertise, they turned to students as the key collaborators.

An initiative to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers should have its funding extended so that a more targeted approach can be developed in the future, according to an evaluation panel.

Teacher speaks to Dr Mary Kimani about school support for refugee students from Sub-Saharan Africa.

‘If teachers truly embed themselves in the process of becoming culturally responsive they will find that, just like their students, they are always learning.’

A new research report says it's time to 'join the dots' and scale up successful examples of flexible learning systems to meet the 21st Century education needs of all Australian school students.

Recent research provides insight into culturally responsive teaching practices from the perspective of Aboriginal parents and students.

The lead architect behind one of the shortlisted school designs at the World Architecture Awards tells Teacher about designing a school that reflects local culture, history and landscape.

Setting high expectations, putting faces on the data and making student growth visible to the whole community has helped accelerate literacy learning at this school.

How a joint venture to support pre-service educators is improving teacher retention for Northern Territory schools.