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Winners of the 2024 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Excellence in Science Teaching announced
Winners of the 2024 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Excellence in Science Teaching announced

The 2024 winners of the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Excellence in Science Teaching have just been announced. Daniel Edwards from Montello Primary School in Tasmania and Alice Leung from Concord High School in New South Wales have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to the profession.

Research news: Who’s really teaching Health and PE?
Research news: Who’s really teaching Health and PE?

‘Many teachers sensed … a marginalisation of other key learning areas, including HPE.’ In today’s article, Dr Jessica Amy Sears discusses the findings of an Australian study into the current status, staffing and teaching of Health and Physical Education in New South Wales government schools.

The educators in the running for the 2024 ARIA Music Teacher Award
The educators in the running for the 2024 ARIA Music Teacher Award

Four inspirational educators from New South Wales, South Australia and the Northern Territory are in the running for the 2024 ARIA Music Teacher Award. Find out more about each of the finalists, and details of how to vote, in today’s article.

Expert Q&A: Transforming learning systems
Expert Q&A: Transforming learning systems

How can we transform education practice to enable holistic growth for all students? That’s the topic for Research Conference 2025. In this Q&A, we speak with Professor Pauline Taylor-Guy Research Director for ACER’s Centre for School and System Improvement about the theme, and why it’s an important topic for school leaders and teachers.

Teachers struggling to implement Digital Technologies Curriculum
Teachers struggling to implement Digital Technologies Curriculum

A new study from the Australian National University Tech Policy Design Centre and the Australian Computer Society has found more than two-thirds of teachers are struggling to effectively teach Digital Technologies. Today’s article explores some of the issues and how schools can better support teachers.

Expert Q&A: Relationships and consent education
Expert Q&A: Relationships and consent education

Age-appropriate consent education is a mandatory part of the school curriculum in Australia. In this Q&A, Dannielle Miller OAM discusses the importance of schools working alongside experts, and why it’s a bad idea to have boys and girls in the same space when delivering respectful relationships and consent sessions.

School Improvement Episode 53: Successful school and university partnerships
School Improvement Episode 53: Successful school and university partnerships

Highly effective schools enhance student outcomes by fostering strong 2-way partnerships. In this podcast Dominique Russell is joined by Lesley Johnson from Trinity College in Adelaide, and Simon Leonard from the University of South Australia to discuss the success of their partnership that has been ongoing since 2017, including how it’s improving practice for both school and university staff.

School Assembly S2E10: Staff collaboration and feedback
School Assembly S2E10: Staff collaboration and feedback

In episode 10 of School Assembly Series 2, we’re speaking with principal Jo Camozzato about how she is fostering a sense of staff collaboration with a new team at Bemin Secondary College, and, of course, hear about her biggest challenge, key learning and proudest achievement from the last month.

Research to practice – helping educators set students up for success
Research to practice – helping educators set students up for success

‘Increasingly, schools will need to support their young people to not just develop content knowledge and skills through effective learning, but also ensure their students know how to learn, individually and with others.’ Today’s article shares how the UQ Learning Lab is helping educators to set their students up for success at school and in life.

Expert Q&A: The value of teaching STEM as a subject
Expert Q&A: The value of teaching STEM as a subject

It is estimated that within the next 5 years, over 90% of jobs will require STEM skills. In this article, we speak to Daniel Edwards, STEM/Digital Technologies teacher at Montello Primary School and Parklands High School in Burnie, Tasmania, about the value of implementing STEM as a subject, and the amazing successes his students have had.