The draft International Education and Skills Strategic Framework, released late last month, calls for integrity. We suggest this can be achieved by a strategy that responds to global needs – as well as Australia’s – needs.  The ability of individual international students to pay fees determines access to Australian universities. There is no consideration of ... The post International Education: How to build a strategy with integrity appeared first on EduResearch Matters ..read more

In current policy debates about graduate teacher readiness in Australian schools, one central question is often overlooked: how does the diversity of school contexts impact the specific needs and expectations placed on graduate teachers?  Recognising this diversity is crucial for tailoring teacher education programs and support systems to better equip new teachers for the realities ... The post Teacher readiness in hard-to-staff schools – here’s what we know now appeared first on EduResearch Matters ..read more

Recent media and public discourse in Australia and globally are replete with concerns about young men’s online behaviours, from Andrew Tate to schoolboys circulating AI deep fake pornography of their female classmates and teachers, revenge porn and the sending of unsolicited ‘dick picks’ to anxieties about the manosphere radicalising young men into misogyny.  These concerns ... The post Promising news: how young men think about Andrew Tate and what he sells appeared first on EduResearch Matters ..read more

The latest on PISA Creative Thinking results: Kylie Murphy: PISA results show thinking can be cultivated. Australian teachers are doing that better than most others Dan Harris (part one): Fourth in the whole world but the government doesn’t care Now, read on! The good news is that the just-released PISA Creative Thinking test reveals new ... The post Love this: Creativity Can Be Measured – in Diverse Ways. What we can learn from PISA appeared first on EduResearch Matters ..read more

Since PISA released its first creative thinking test results last week, there has been a flurry of commentary both formal and informal among educators and education researchers.  The report, called Creative Minds, Creative Schools, ranks Australia 4th out of a total 81 participating countries, with Singapore topping the list at number 1 in all areas ... The post Fourth in the whole world! Yet the government doesn’t care appeared first on EduResearch Matters ..read more

I received some long-awaited news last week, and it came as a simple enough e-mail. After ten years, I’ve been certified as a Highly Accomplished (HALT) teacher under AITSL Standards for the third time, granting my accreditation from 2013 to 2029.  Sounds very fancy. What does that actually mean? The Australian Institute for Teaching and ... The post 16 Years a HALT: Reflections of a Highly Accomplished Teacher appeared first on EduResearch Matters ..read more

Video games are a dominant form of entertainment, consistently outselling books, film, and music combined. How can education learn from their addictive design? Great games and great learning share attributes of experiences that challenge us through a variety of immersive problem solving, decision-making and strategic activities. Video games tap into supportive internal factors of learning ... The post Fight! How video games can power up learning now appeared first on EduResearch Matters ..read more

The Federal Department of Education predicts an alarming teacher shortage of 4,100 teachers by 2025. It is now more pressing than ever that we explore ways of addressing this crisis.  Our research examined female Initial Teacher Education (ITE) completion data in Australia to identify trends around which degree types (postgraduate and undergraduate) and study modes ... The post We have a massive teaching shortage. Here’s how to fix it appeared first on EduResearch Matters ..read more

At the SMH Education Summit earlier in 2024 the Education Minister of NSW, Prue Car, announced a new policy to cater for high-potential and gifted students. While well-intended, the number of schools hosting Opportunity Classes increased without changing the total number of competitive places, still only 1840. Yet, the total number of children who sat ... The post What makes a gifted student? appeared first on EduResearch Matters ..read more

The crisis facing teachers and the teaching profession over the last decade at an international level is well-established in both the academic literature and industry reports. Borne by compliance-driven and bureaucratic policies that have heightened accountability and scrutiny over teachers’ work, a large body of evidence has documented the negative impacts felt by teachers resulting ... The post Teachers say it’s crazy now. That’s not even the whole story appeared first on EduResearch Matters ..read more