Australia Association for Research in Education
quality teaching
TeachING quality is not teachER quality. How we talk about ‘quality’ matters
The language we use to discuss the work of teachers in the public domain matters. It matters to our shared understanding of education as a society and it impacts on teachers’ work both directly and indirectly. My research at the moment focuses in part on the notion of quality in education, specifically how issues of …
Do we need to raise scores for entry into teacher education courses in Australia?
A fierce debate is raging at the moment in political and education circles about the quality of recruits …
Roll back curriculum constraints and give teachers the freedom to make professional judgements
The role of the teacher in an Australian classroom is changing, and not in a good way. As I see it, the relentless pressure for schools to perform well in NAPLAN, the demands of various mandated curriculum and the ubiquitous concerns about ‘quality teaching’ are making teachers lose confidence in their own professional abilities. There …
Donnelly and Wiltshire offer ‘expert’ advice on how our teachers should teach, but how expert are they?
My Facebook and Twitter feeds have been awash with irate teachers for a number of months now, as a constant trickle of announcements, leaks and policy statements from our federal and state governments and political parties have grown into what can be viewed as an attack on Australian teachers, curriculum, and public schools. The most …