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.
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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.
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‘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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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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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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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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The Shine’s off Finnish Education. Pay Attention, Canada
The Tyee 30 January 2023 by Crawford Killan
In the land whose students once topped the world, scores are declining. Why?
...Nevertheless, “Despite the notable decline, young people’s achieved learning outcomes are
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‘Arts are meant to be at the heart of our life’: what the new national cultural policy could mean for Australia – if it all comes together
The Conversation January 30, 2022 by Jo Caust
It’s finally been launched. A new cultural policy for Australia. After years (actually decades) of neglect, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today launched a
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Personalised learning is billed as the ‘future’ of schooling: what is it and could it work?
The Conversation November 22, 2022 by Maya Gunawardena
... A 2017 Grattan Institute report found as many as 40% are unproductive in a given year because they are disengaged.
This is a
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