Teachers
Making a case for teacher aides
New research shows teacher aides can actually hinder a student's progress, but the blame may not lay with them but with the education system.
Finding a way through the policy maze
Australia’s teacher training is in the spotlight amid worries that market driven policy settings aren’t delivering uniform high quality.
Teaching the teachers
How can Australia's teaching profession be best developed is the central question of this podcast, hosted by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.
From policeman to child wellbeing advocate
How a career as an Australian detective working with abused children led Gregory Donoghue to become a researcher in the science of learning.
Boosting science and maths study starts in primary school
Stephen Dinham argues specialist primary science and maths teachers will help encourage more students to study science and maths to higher levels.
High-tech classroom sheds light on how students learn
A new high-tech classroom, dubbed the Science of Learning Classroom, is giving researchers unprecedented insights into how students learn.
Teaching tolerance: the role of Australian schools
As politicians and the media tell us multiculturalism is something to be feared, how can schools teach the next generation to embrace diversity?
A new class of teachers
Maxine McKew looks at how the next generation of teachers are being schooled in a new approach to the classroom.