Poor language skills amongst men at the root of our domestic …
Nov 6, 2024 · And yet, the school leader tells EducationHQ, too often the role of language is sidelined in discussions about the problem plaguing our society. “One of the things that’s happening in society more and more in recent decades, seems to be more sloganising and more shouting, and less thinking and less attempts to understand causes, and to really come to grips with the forces that are ...
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‘Genuine sense of respect’: NSW teachers give thumbs up to new …
Oct 29, 2024 · Granting teachers flexible work arrangements, three extra pupil-free days at the start of each term and a $1000 cost-of-living payment – if inflation rises to above 4.5 per cent – the agreement comes following months of negotiation with the State Government.
Win for WA teachers: ‘Significant’ deal for public education under …
Jul 10, 2024 · Following negotiations with the State School Teachers’ Union of Western Australia (SSTUWA) and Principals’ Federation of Western Australia (PFWA), teachers and school leaders will receive a 12 per cent pay rise over three years and improvements to a range of conditions associated with leave, allowances and professional learning.
Aussie teachers are nailing grammar instruction: expert
Nov 13, 2024 · Long-time literacy educator Margaret McBride says our teachers are doing an exceptional job in working with the highly complex grammar model in the national curriculum – and her recent PhD research only confirms this.. Involving four schools and 35 teachers from vastly different contexts, McBride investigated the grammar pedagogy underway in classrooms, honing on teachers’ focus on clause ...
‘There are no controls’: schools initiative to tackle Andrew Tate ...
Oct 22, 2024 · Deakin University’s Associate Professor Debbie Ollis, who developed the resources alongside Professor Helen Cahill and in consultation with teachers, students and parents, said the views and attitudes espoused by Tate and other vocal ‘manfluencers’ have been shown to be a ‘clear driver’ of gender-based violence. “[These attitudes] lead to behaviour that is denigrating, and ...
Picoult's ‘Nineteen Minutes’ tops US school book ban list
Nov 4, 2024 · PEN compiled more than 10,000 cases of books temporarily or permanently removed during the 2023-2024 academic year, roughly four times higher than for 2021-2022.
‘There are no rules’: John Marsden’s message to English teachers
Nov 8, 2024 · Far beyond a niche hobby or idle facination, Marsden says that act of carefully observing birds around campus is a powerful means of teaching students to develop their own authentic writing voice – one that is brave enough to stray from formal language rules that can so often crush youngsters’ confidence in pursuing lively prose.
NAPLAN 2024 results to arrive within weeks of testing
Mar 12, 2024 · As 1.3 million students across more than 9400 schools throughout the country undergo the tests, ACARA says with the new changes, schools and education authorities will receive preliminary school and student results from the assessments early in Term 2 – about a month after the test period ends on March 25 this year.
Shaping literacy: the importance of handwriting - in primary AND ...
May 17, 2024 · Dr Anabela Malpique, a senior lecturer at Edith Cowan University’s School of Education, and her research team, have just conducted a meta-analysis to examine studies published between 2000-2022, comparing the effects of writing by hand or keyboarding on primary students’ writing performance (Foundation-Year 6).. She says while the study has highlighted the importance of teaching ...