Australian Council for Educational Research

Great insight into 'resilient' education systems identified by the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), with experts interviewed by Teacher Magazine. https://brnw.ch/21wLvq8

We've had a busy month! The Discover July newsletter features new online resources for teaching reading and seeing the spread of education scholarships in the Pacific, PD webinars on teaching digital tech, and ... well, you'll just have to check it out! You can subscribe to this newsletter from the Discover page on our website (scroll down). https://brnw.ch/21wLtNV

Are you an educator who'd like to be more confident teaching use and application of digital technologies? Are you looking for new ideas to engage students, particularly girls in years 5 to 8, in this critical skill? ACER, in partnership with CSIRO and the auDA Foundation, can help with that. Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) Australian Primary Principals Association Australian Secondary Principals' Association Independent Schools Australia Australian Catholic Primary Principals Association https://brnw.ch/21wLtN5

Are you an educator who'd like to be more confident teaching school students use of digital technologies? Are you looking for new ideas to engage students, particularly girls in years 5 to 8, in this critical skill? ACER, in partnership with CSIRO and the auDA Foundation, can help with that. Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) Australian Primary Principals Association Australian Secondary Principals' Association Independent Schools Australia Australian Catholic Primary Principals Association https://brnw.ch/21wLtJB

'If we want to lift performance in our schools – and this was the recommendation in my report – we need a curriculum that makes very clear what teachers should be teaching, what students should be learning and we should focus on what’s really important in subjects.' ACER CEO Geoff Masters spoke to ABC Radio this morning about the ACER review that has informed a revised primary school curriculum in NSW, announced today. 'If you’re clear about the pathway of learning and you have good assessments of where students are, then you can target individual students where they’re at to promote their further learning,' he said. Want to find out what else was in his review? https://brnw.ch/21wLsvb You can read the NSW Government media release here https://brnw.ch/21wLsvc

Our article just published in the Teaching and Teacher Education journal is a case study of how learning through play holds a fundamental role in a significant reform to increase students' critical and creative thinking, ability to manage their emotions and resolve conflicts, and their skills in problem solving, collaboration and communication. Leaders of this ambitious system reform have said it would be impossible without 'motivated teachers who enjoy the freedom of creativity and professional development'. We couldn't agree more. https://lnkd.in/giEMuM5j

It's Teacher Tuesday! This week in Teacher ACER: 🍏 The science of reading: teaching the constrained skills 🍏 Creativity Collaboratives in England: podcast 🍏 5 readings on education with First Nations' perspective 🍏 Open Learning Circle: a teacher-led PD program 🍏 Teacher Awards: one week left to nominate Sign up to receive free weekly updates from Teacher, Australia's best educational magazine, at https://brnw.ch/21wLjkc

It's Teacher Tuesday! This week in Teacher ACER: 🍏 The science of reading: teaching the unconstrained skills 🍏 Working with the UQ Learning Lab for school improvement 🍏 Self regulated learning techniques: new study 🍏 How staff, students and schools have grown in Australia: infographic Sign up to receive free weekly updates from Teacher, Australia's best educational magazine, at https://brnw.ch/21wLrcj

'Creativity, culture and context' - the theme of the Special Education Principals' and Leaders' Association (SEPLA) Conference - describes areas ACER is very familiar working with. We look forward to discussing how and learning from others, so if you're at #SEPLACON2024 please stop by our booth for a chat.

'Creativity, culture and context' - the theme of this year's Special Education Principals' and Leaders' Association conference is something we look forward to talking about, so SASEPLA https://lnkd.in/gUrUff8g