Effective teaching methods

When connecting maths to the real world, how do you move from a chosen theme or context into something achievable for you and your learners? Dave Tout discusses.

Greg Whitby chats to a Sydney teacher Catherine Jean-Louis about her school’s approach to teaching literacy.

Professor Geoff Masters AO discusses the challenges of closing achievement gaps.

‘You have to work on ... a skill until it becomes second nature.’ Professor Dylan Wiliam shares advice for teachers and school leaders changing practice.

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

Teacher chats to Professor John Hattie, who provides a snapshot of his groundbreaking work on Visible Learning and previews a new piece of research on learning strategies.

‘I don’t know, but we can find out’ is one of the most powerful things you can say to students, says one educator. See why play-based learning works in her classroom.

Professor Geoff Masters AO discusses identifying and addressing the needs of individual learners in Australian schools.

Melbourne educator, Mel Cashen discusses a unit which fuses inquiry based learning with gaming.

Teacher speaks to education consultant, Kath Murdoch about inquiry based learning.