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Research news: PISA 2022 insights – Australian students’ strengths in mathematics
Research news: PISA 2022 insights – Australian students’ strengths in mathematics

New PISA analysis by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) reveals the core mathematics areas where Australian students performed strongly, and where they are likely to need more help. The report also shares teachers’ views on teaching maths. Find out more in this article.  

Teacher’s Bookshelf: Master Mathematics teachers in China
Teacher’s Bookshelf: Master Mathematics teachers in China

The book featured in this edition of Teacher’s Bookshelf is a practical guide that explores the mechanisms behind masterly Mathematics teaching in China. In this extract for Teacher readers, the authors share how 3 teachers are using modelling to clearly define the goals and standards for students’ independent and group work.

Podcast special: Meet Brett Dascombe – a top 10 finalist for the Global Teacher Prize
Podcast special: Meet Brett Dascombe – a top 10 finalist for the Global Teacher Prize

The winner of the 2025 Global Teacher Prize has been announced. Mansour Al Mansour from Saudi Arabia has walked away with the US $1 million prize. One Australian teacher was a top 10 finalist this year – Brett Dascombe, a Senior Geography Teacher from Wavell State High School in Brisbane. In this special podcast episode, Brett shares how he exposes his students to real-world, project-based learning by embedding geospatial technologies like GIS, drones and remote sensing data into the geography curriculum.

Mansour Al Mansour wins the 2025 Global Teacher Prize
Mansour Al Mansour wins the 2025 Global Teacher Prize

The winner of the 2025 Global Teacher Prize has just been announced. Mansour Al Mansour from Prince Saud bin Jalawi School in Saudi Arabia has walked away with the US $1 million prize. Mansour was recognised for his strategic vision and unwavering belief in his students' potential, and for building an inclusive and innovative learning environment.

Global Education Episode 26: A toolkit for global citizenship education
Global Education Episode 26: A toolkit for global citizenship education

What we've done is aimed to answer the questions about how to enact global citizenship and what does it look like when you do it well?’ In this episode of our Global Education podcast, Dominique Russell is joined by ACER Senior Research Fellow, Rachel Parker, to unpack the new Global Education Monitoring Toolkit. 

Infographic: PISA 2022 insights – Student-teacher relationships
Infographic: PISA 2022 insights – Student-teacher relationships

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.

Infographic: Who’s studying STEM?
Infographic: Who’s studying STEM?

Thinking about your own school context, is there a gender imbalance in STEM-related subjects? How do you encourage girls to consider taking STEM subjects? In this infographic, we look at gender inequality in students entering tertiary education in a STEM field. 

Infographic: TIMSS 2023 snapshot
Infographic: TIMSS 2023 snapshot

Results from the latest cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS 2023) have just been released. Today’s infographic looks at the year 4 and year 8 mean scores in mathematics and science for students in Australia and selected participating countries.

TIMSS 2023: Year 4s overcome pandemic learning disruption to set new high
TIMSS 2023: Year 4s overcome pandemic learning disruption to set new high

Australia’s year 4 students have achieved the country’s best-ever result in a major international mathematics and science assessment, overcoming the challenges and disruption of pandemic learning in the early years of their schooling. The TIMSS 2023 results have just been released – here’s an overview of the international data and key findings for Australia.

PISA 2022 insights:  Student questions, mathematics anxiety and homework
PISA 2022 insights: Student questions, mathematics anxiety and homework

If your students don’t ask questions or seek clarification in class, does it mean they understand, or that they’re not comfortable speaking up when they’re unsure about something being taught? The latest PISA 2022 international insights report explores student use of learning strategies, motivation for learning and self-confidence.