Donna Pendergast shares some of the key challenges for teaching and engaging students in the middle years, and the best-practice strategies for schools to help students thrive during this time of transition.
Julie Arnold discusses her research into student perceptions of assessment for learning practices. How do students perceive them, and what effect do they have on engagement and motivation for learning?
Kolber’s Corner – Steven Kolber shares the ‘rocket writing’ literacy strategy.
Steven Kolber talks to Darren Rackemann about his experiences and insights into middle years leadership and education, focusing on developing collaborative learning spaces and engaging students. They discuss an innovative alternative programs for year 9 students that provides authentic, project-based learning experiences through partnerships with local organisations, and how his school approaches co-teaching, flexible learning spaces, and using technology to enhance learning.
Lawyer and Mediator Michael Waterhouse outlines potential legal concerns for the use of AI in education, and what teachers need to consider when engaging with AI in teaching and learning and all other aspects of school business.
Kolber’s Corner – In a feature-length Kolber’s Corner, Steven talks to Liz Benson and Debra Evans about Adolescent Success, the professional association for Australian teachers focussed on educating to the middle years of schooling. Liz Benson discusses the organisation, its history and goals, and Debra Evans delves into the issues and challenges facing students and teacher sin the middle years, and omse of the ways schools can improve to better engage and retain students during this period.
In this Year in Review episode, Cameron, Steven and Tom look back at some of the big issues in education of 2023 and consider their implcations for the future.
This episode is a chowcase of interviews from the ACEL 2023 National Conference. ACEL’s NextGen is an initiative intended to support emerging educational leaders and build a network around the country. This episode features interview with members of the NextGen panel at the conference, discussing the issues they see as an immediate priority for education and how they might seek to address them.
Feature: Helen Georgiou and Sally Larsen discuss their independent research into standardised test results over time, and how they compare to the popular media and political narrative of constant academic decline in Australia.
Ideology in Education – Tom Mahoney considers the importance of Reflexivity in the use of data in schools.
In this episode’s main feature, Michelle Dennis shares how Hailybury school has developed a whole-school approach to AI on education, focussing on principles to balance the ethical considerations and risks alongside the opportunities provided by generative AI. Recorded at the ACEL Australia 2023 National Conference.
Education in the News – Cameron discusses the federal government’s recent “Be That Teacher” recruitment campaign.
Teachers' Education Review 