Short articles

Educators refer to multiple forms of student data to help them plan out the next steps in teaching and learning, including informal feedback, classroom conversations and written assessments. As Dr Anne Knowles explains in this reader submission, student drawings could also be a useful addition to your toolkit.

In this series, we look at some further readings available on a particular topic, including open access research papers from various online databases, and Teacher archive content you might not have come across yet. This month, we’re looking at the topic of Health and PE.

The 2024 Teacher Awards winners have been announced. In today’s article, we speak with Cathy Cook from Marryatville Primary School in South Australia – winner of the Cultivating an Inclusive and Positive Culture Award – about her comprehensive approach to inclusion.

To celebrate 10 years of Teacher magazine online, we’ve been reflecting on the publication’s impact, including milestones and highlights from the last decade. In today’s article we look at trends from our reader survey, including your most requested topics and favourite formats.

In this article, we bring you another of our Teacher Awards 2024 winner profiles. Today, we hear from Georgia Bate, Learning Specialist at Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School and winner of the Improving Student Learning and Progress award, about how data storytelling is lifting student outcomes at their school.

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

In today’s article, we speak with the winners of the Excellence in Staff Collaboration Award category for the Teacher Awards 2024. The team from Balmoral State High School were recognised for their systematic, sustainable, whole-school approach to collaboration to improve student outcomes.

‘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.

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.

In yesterday’s reader submission, Dr Sunaina Sharma and Wendy Lang discussed their high school students’ anxiety over oral presentations. In this second article, the Ontario teachers share 4 strategies they’ve implemented to build the same speaking and listening skills while reducing the stress level.