Australian Education News for K/12 | The Educator
WEBThe leading Australian education news website for professionals working in kindergarten through grade 12. Read the latest strategies to help you teach.
Online teaching vs the classroom: The pros and cons
WEBThe pros and cons. Kearney said the transition to online teaching presents unique challenges, not least of which is adapting traditional classroom workflows to digital platforms. “The pace of online lessons tends to be quicker, demanding a reevaluation of lesson timing and content delivery,” he said. “For teachers navigating this new ...
5 key benefits of personalised learning | The Educator K/12
WEBBelow, Dr Samuels shares 5 key benefits of personalised learning: 1. Improved confidence. Confidence is a mindset. It’s about looking at every situation as an opportunity to learn and improve. It’s about knowing that you’ve “got this,” but not feeling downhearted or discouraged if you don’t. When kids struggle with their studies ...
Daunted by AI? Here's how your school can get ahead of the curve
WEBHarnessing the power of Generative AI allows classrooms to shift from the traditional teacher-centric model towards a highly personalised, student-driven space. The ability to differentiate learning and drive student engagement can positively impact academic outcomes by ensuring that we are meeting young people at their point of need.
School’s positive behaviour program keeping classrooms calm
WEB1 day ago · School’s positive behaviour program keeping classrooms calm. In Australia’s schools, more than 70% of principals work with teachers on classroom discipline problems at least once a week, reporting more frequently spending time on discipline problems than other leadership issues. At one Western Australian school, staff have made a conscious ...
Reading initiative helps pre-service teachers boost literacy skills
WEB3 days ago · Reading initiative helps pre-service teachers boost literacy skills. by Brett Henebery 19 Sep 2024. The latest NAPLAN results show one in three students fell short of the proficiency benchmark, an issue shared by every Australian state and territory where at least 30% of students fall below the benchmark on average across year levels and tests.
New study to boost energetic play for Aussie kids
WEB2 days ago · by The Educator 20 Sep 2024. In the largest global trial of its kind, researchers aim to boost children's active play by developing policy guidelines for physical activity in early childhood care. The initiative comes as research shows more than eight in 10 young children (age 2-5 years) do not get enough activity for optimal growth and health.
Students learn better online than in the classroom, new study claims
WEBTo determine the effectiveness of online learning compared to classroom learning, the researchers explored the use of remote learning by undergraduate accounting students after it was introduced at a university in the Southeast Asian country during the COVID-19 pandemic.. Researchers surveyed 482 first, second, and third-year students studying an accountancy degree in the 2020 to 2021 academic ...
Inclusive teaching boosts student engagement – study
WEB6 days ago · Inclusive teaching boosts student engagement – study. by Brett Henebery 16 Sep 2024. A new study has shown significant improvements in student engagement when teachers adopt evidence-based strategies to support students with learning difficulties. The research, led by two experts from QUT’s Centre for Inclusive Education, focused on high ...
Ten ways teachers are adapting to remote classrooms
WEBTen ways teachers are adapting to remote classrooms. As schools in Australia and across the globe temporarily shut doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers are left searching for effective and engaging ways to continuously provide student learning outside the four walls of the classroom. The situation has pushed many educators to turn to ...