Search Results: curriculum
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 19 March 2010
4 Comments
The challenges and opportunities are to fund equitably all
networks in education and to ensure that robust morale and community
engagement are hallmarks of all parts of the network, including state
schools and emerging schools such as Muslim schools.
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EDUCATION
- Neil Ormerod
- 18 November 2009
7 Comments
The movement of existing theological schools into the university structure restores the ancient place of theology as a discipline within a university. But universities could be more interested in money than theology, with theological colleges bringing healthy student numbers and value for money research outputs.
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EDUCATION
- Fatima Measham
- 20 October 2009
7 Comments
A Queensland father removed his children from a Catholic primary school in protest against the graphic sexual education given to his children. Schools are best placed to cover sexual health because students can be
supported in developing a mature sexual ethic.
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AUSTRALIA
- Myrna Tonkinson
- 13 October 2009
14 Comments
Some Aboriginal languages do not distinguish the unvoiced and voiced
consonants 'b' and 'p', 'd' and 't', and 'g' and 'k'. Julia Gillard's push to provide 'English as a second language' training to teachers in remote communities can address such language obstacles and help lift levels of Indigenous education.
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EDUCATION
- Teresa Russell
- 29 September 2009
20 Comments
According to NSW education policy, if a parent wants their child to opt out of religious education, that child is not
entitled to any instruction during
this period. An alliance of parents and educators is pushing for an ethics-based alternative to religious education.
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EDUCATION
- Fatima Measham
- 26 August 2009
5 Comments
Students are more proficient in technology than their teachers and are accessing information their elders
would not have known. They wonder, if they can already function as if they have finished school, then what's the point of school? It's a fair question.
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EDUCATION
- Ross Fitzgerald
- 24 August 2009
25 Comments
A neoliberal funding policy has undermined the ability of Catholic schools to meet poor children's
needs. Instead, Catholic schools have allowed millions of tax dollars to be siphoned off
public schools and given to the private sector.
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INFORMATION
Ross Fitzgerald claims Catholic schools 'have become the instrument through which tax dollars are siphoned off public schools and given to the private sector'. His argument is a misrepresentation of the facts.
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AUSTRALIA
- Fatima Measham
- 15 July 2009
12 Comments
Studies correlate teacher morale with student achievement, so ranking schools according to student performance may be counterproductive if it hurts teacher morale. Finland has the best education system in the world without resorting to league tables.
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EDUCATION
- Fatima Measham
- 10 February 2009
8 Comments
Many of the things that impact upon a teacher's efficacy are beyond their control - the quality of a child's homelife, the politicisation of the curriculum. One thing they can control is much they care, though this may bring new teachers little comfort in the months ahead.
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EDUCATION
- Frank O'Shea
- 02 February 2009
11 Comments
These are earnest kids, wanting to succeed. Society has told
them that to succeed they must be able to draw a parabola,
find the vertex, state the axis of symmetry. This city
has two million adults — how many ever heard of an axis of
symmetry?
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EDUCATION
- Fatima Measham
- 19 November 2008
9 Comments
Forcing schools to produce information on students' exam performance will never be a reliable strategy for lifting numeracy and literacy. Learning is as much about taking risks and failing as it is about getting the answers right the first time.
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