School’s positive behaviour program keeping classrooms calm
WEB11 hours ago · School’s positive behaviour program keeping classrooms calm. In Australia’s schools, more than 70% of principals work with teachers on classroom discipline problems at least once a week, reporting more frequently spending time on discipline problems than other leadership issues. At one Western Australian school, staff have made a conscious ...
Reading initiative helps pre-service teachers boost literacy skills
WEB1 day ago · Reading initiative helps pre-service teachers boost literacy skills. by Brett Henebery 19 Sep 2024. The latest NAPLAN results show one in three students fell short of the proficiency benchmark, an issue shared by every Australian state and territory where at least 30% of students fall below the benchmark on average across year levels and tests.
New study to boost energetic play for Aussie kids
WEB21 hours ago · by The Educator 20 Sep 2024. In the largest global trial of its kind, researchers aim to boost children's active play by developing policy guidelines for physical activity in early childhood care. The initiative comes as research shows more than eight in 10 young children (age 2-5 years) do not get enough activity for optimal growth and health.
Australian Education News for K/12 | The Educator
WEBThe leading Australian education news website for professionals working in kindergarten through grade 12. Read the latest strategies to help you teach.
Inclusive teaching boosts student engagement – study
WEB4 days ago · Teachers who took part in the Accessible Pedagogies program learned new techniques to make their lessons easier to understand. What they found was that students showed greater focus and comprehension in the classroom, suggesting that using these strategies helps all students, especially those with learning challenges, by removing unnecessary barriers to learning.
The Educator named finalist for Best Education Publication
WEB2 days ago · The Educator has been named one of three finalists for the Mumbrella Publish Awards 2024 Best Education Publication. The award, appearing as a category for the first time in the event’s 28-year history, recognises excellence in all aspects of educational publishing including editorial content and design, production, branding, marketing, differentiation from other resources already in the ...
Online teaching vs the classroom: The pros and cons
WEBThe pros and cons. Kearney said the transition to online teaching presents unique challenges, not least of which is adapting traditional classroom workflows to digital platforms. “The pace of online lessons tends to be quicker, demanding a reevaluation of lesson timing and content delivery,” he said. “For teachers navigating this new ...
Students learn better online than in the classroom, new study claims
WEBTo determine the effectiveness of online learning compared to classroom learning, the researchers explored the use of remote learning by undergraduate accounting students after it was introduced at a university in the Southeast Asian country during the COVID-19 pandemic.. Researchers surveyed 482 first, second, and third-year students studying an accountancy degree in the 2020 to 2021 academic ...
Teachers overworked, underpaid, and undervalued – global report
WEBTeacher attrition was reported as an issue at all academic levels, with primary education (33.1%) the highest and higher education (17.3%) the lowest. Almost half (48%) of respondents think the teaching profession is not an attractive profession for young people. “Teachers are skilled professionals doing increasingly complex and challenging work.
Key takeaways from the world's largest online education conference
WEBby Helen Prior 09 Apr 2021. With more than 35,000 people from 63 countries attending, and insights heard from 400 speakers in 370 sessions, the 2021 World Education Summit ran from 23-26 March, and was the largest online teacher training event and education conference in history. True to its name, the event saw educators from around the world ...