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Jul 25, 2024 | phys.org | Jane Hunter |Don Carter

New South Wales has just announced a curriculum "shake-up" for primary schools to start in 2027. As well as new content about the human body, consent and screen time, there will be a change in the way students will be taught.

Jul 25, 2024 | theconversation.com | Jane Hunter |Don Carter

New South Wales has just announced a curriculum “shake-up” for primary schools to start in 2027. As well as new content about the human body, consent and screen time, there will be a change in the way students will be taught. This involves an emphasis on “explicit instruction” and a move away from student-led or “inquiry-based learning”. This follows recent moves in Victoria and Queensland, to implement “explicit instruction” around reading. What does this mean?

Jul 15, 2024 | educationreview.com.au | Jane Hunter |Don Carter

Home | Opinion | Opinion – Disquiet in the playground: Explicit teaching and other buzzwords in Opinion, School Management, Top Stories There are quite a few phrases and words in Australian education right now that are raising eyebrows amongst many teacher-education researchers in universities. Please login below to view content or subscribe now. Username or Email: Password: Remember Me...

Apr 5, 2023 | aare.edu.au | Don Carter |Jane Hunter

CATEGORIES School funding, talking about teaching, teaching Long-standing challenges in education confront the new Labor government: the teacher shortage; teacher pay and conditions; the equitable funding of schools; student performance in standardised tests; and student behaviour and . It has become all too common for news outlets to seek the opinions of think-tanks, rather than those who have first-hand experience and who might be able to offer solutions to the problems. So, in attempt to...