The Challenge of Aligning Teaching and Behaviour Management Barry Fields. The Productive Pedagogies construct has been particularly powerful and influential in defining what schools should be aiming to achieve in teaching and learning. Interestingly, the Productive Pedagogies has as much to say about behaviour management as to does about teaching. This paper explores the direction given to teachers, through the…
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This year's National Reconciliation Week from 27 May - 3 June marks the 10th anniversary of this important event with celebrations to be held around Australia; to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. These celebrations promote cultural understanding and positive relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. National Reconciliation Week offers people across Australia…
An innovative project to support school principals working to improve Indigenous education results was given an $8 million boost by the Australian Government today. The Dare to Lead: Making the Difference initiative aims to sign up 5,000 principals and their communities to commit to reducing the gap in education outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. Link: Dare to Lead Funding Boost.
EdNA Online (www.edna.edu.au) is offering free workshops to vocational education and training (VET) and adult and community education (ACE) groups during July and August to demonstrate the free services that the EdNA Online project provides. The workshop program includes: using EdNA Online Tools and Services for VET; using EdNA Online Tools and Services for ACE; and using EdNA Groups. The…
Some very useful links and resources for teachers finding their way with publishing and podcasting. This resource created by Gary Stager covers podcasting resources for educators and students. Podcasting offers educators and students remarkable opportunities for their voices to be heard in their local communities or the around world. One could think of podcasting as blogging without writing or as…
[Archive from 2005] Area and place-based planning is critical for the future welfare of *all* young people making the transition from School to work and further study. School Councils and other governing bodies play a key rule in developing new structures to support entire communities education and employment outcomes. On Tuesday night the 26th of April [2005], almost 60 people representing…
This is from the Central Ranges LLEN - [ Yes, I have a particular interest!] Welcome to the "Voices from the Future" podcast! Please listen to our first welcome podcast here! Over the coming weeks we hope to add YOUR voice to the debate about what is most important for young people in our community. We want to…
An excerpt from Professor John Hattie's Inaugural Lecture, Univeristy of Auckland, August 2nd 1999. Professor Hattie's work resonates very strongly with my own experiences and limited research. It most certainly encourages me to continue with further study in this field. This was his third inaugural lecture. The excerpt reads; There is so much known about what makes a difference in…
Some interesting and important work. The Australian Institute of Social Research (AISR) is based at the University of Adelaide and brings together The Centre for Labour Research; The Don Dunstan Foundation; The National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GISCA); The Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU); and The Social Health Unit. The AISR specialises in spatial information,…