Professor John Quay

Professor John Quay

Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne

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Education

Blind faith in Australia’s education ‘system’ is failing our kids

To improve Australia’s education system, we need to move away from the idea that the basic features of education are fixed

Education

Learning by knowing, by doing, by being

Many schools promote teaching the ‘whole child’, but to do this, education cannot only focus on knowing and doing – it must explicitly embrace being

Education

Making learning meaningful

Education should focus on making learning meaningful for students, instead of simply learning subjects to pass tests