Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 21, 2023

Curriculum changes must tackle the lifelong consequences of NZ’s alarming literacy and numeracy declines

The Conversation July 20, 2023 by Gail Pacheco, Lisa Meehan. Thomas Schober Literacy and numeracy are under the spotlight as Aotearoa New Zealand grapples with how to improve student performance in

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 7, 2023

How can schools protect students’ unique voices in the age of AI?

The Educator 6 July, 2023 by Bridget Forster Forster, who is the Head of Kerferd Library and a VCE Literature Teacher at Mentone Girls Grammar, has been keen to explore approaches

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

June 6, 2023

5 reasons kids still need to learn handwriting (no, AI has not made it redundant)

The Conversation June 7, 2023 by Lucinda McKnight, Maria Nicolas The world of writing is changing. Things have moved very quickly from keyboards and predictive text. The rise of generative artificial intelligence

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

May 21, 2023

Using a Mud Map for Genre Planning

Literacy expert Sharon Callen delves into 'mud mapping' as a way to plan out the teaching of different genres. Continue Reading

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

May 10, 2023

Primary schools help children thrive, but they could be better and fairer

ABC 24 April 2023 by Pasi Sahlberg ... Another thing that distinguishes Australia from most other countries is our persistence of annual standardised literacy and numeracy tests in primary schools. Every parent

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

May 5, 2023

‘Rushed’ curriculum reforms axed, teachers told to focus on English, maths

SMH May 4, 2023 by Lucy Carroll The NSW government will delay the rollout of almost 30 syllabuses in an effort to give school teachers more time to concentrate on sweeping

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

May 4, 2023

Ministerial Reference Group announced for the Review to Inform a Better and Fairer Education System

Australian Government Dept of Education 3 May, 2023 The Ministerial Reference Group will support the work of the Expert Panel leading the Review to Inform a Better and Fairer Education System

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

April 26, 2023

ISTP 2023

25 April 2023 Summit to focus on key global education issues at EI 30th anniversary The 13th annual International Summit on the Teaching Profession convened in Washington, DC on April 25th,

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

April 16, 2023

The Australian school system has a serious design flaw. Can it change before it’s too late?

The Guardian by Pasi Sahlberg 31 January 2022 When colleagues overseas ask what I think about Australia’s school system, I tell them that it does offer world-class education, but not for

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

March 29, 2023

Good question: Did the teaching panel even look at what’s available now?

AARE by Damian Blake March 30, 2023 ...Rather than funding linked to these performance measures, it would be more productive to have a serious funding discussion focussed on enabling high quality

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