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Why Women Teachers Are Leaving the Classroom Now
For decades, teaching has been framed as a “family-friendly” profession, appealing to women with caregiving responsibilities due to …
Readiness to teach? That will take time and development
When it comes to new teachers, there is an expectation that they are “classroom ready” from day one …
Why these quick fixes won’t work for teaching today or tomorrow
If you belong to a social media group for teachers, you’ve inevitably seen a post that goes like …
Teachers say it’s crazy now. That’s not even the whole story
The crisis facing teachers and the teaching profession over the last decade at an international level is well-established …
So wrong: Inspirational campaigns will never work. Here’s why
The Federal government recently launched two high profile campaigns to attract people into the teaching profession. The first seeks to raise the status of teaching through a series of rather saccharine videos showcasing inspirational classroom teacher stories as “Be That Teacher” “Be That Teacher”. Costing a whopping $10 million this glossy marketing strategy aims to …
Where we’ve been in the year so far – and a quick visit with Tibetan students
Follow the link for this fascinating post: Innovating English language curriculum through translanguaging in Tibet: fostering plurilingual identity …
A frantic year for education. ICYMI – here are our big reads of the year
Thank you to our many wonderful readers so far this year – and particularly to our many wonderful …
What the remarkable Mr Laing did next
Editor’s note: In 2021, Paul Laing won EduResearch Matters Blog/Blogger of the Year Award, which recognises an outstanding …
What we must do now to rescue Australian schools
We expect education to be a catalyst for more equitable and inclusive societies yet too often governments and systems deploy one-stop solutions without detailed plans for how exactly improvements will be achieved or at what costs. The Building Education Systems for Equity and Inclusion report comes from an Academy of Social Sciences of Australia workshop …
Why restoring trust in teaching now could fix the teacher shortage
Burnout is blamed for an exodus of teachers contributing to ‘a teacher shortage crisis’ in Australian schools. The …