Expertise

In a special video, members of the Teacher team reflect on their own school days and the educators that inspired them.

In the lead up to World Teachers’ Day celebrations in Australia, we spoke to four connected educators at the Education Changemakers conference about their most inspiring teacher.

Working with a science specialist has helped students at this South Australian school see the connections between science and the real world.

Associate Professor Sharon Lierse discusses how the results of a research project helped her identify seven key characteristics of an outstanding teacher.

Tasmanian academics have launched a new framework designed to build the capacity of STEM teachers and support them in selecting resources.

Education student Suzie Alev tells her story about working with seven-year-old Evan and his family to address the challenges of autism.

If we really want to improve student achievement we need to focus on the person who closes the classroom door and performs the teaching act – the teacher - but to do that we need to open classroom doors.

Research suggests we have too many and too few teachers, but where we do have real shortages we need both to retain locally trained teachers and attract them from overseas. Danielle Roddick reports.