Getting Passionate About Maths
Issue: Semester 1 2015
Catherine Attard explores some strategies to increase student engagement in Maths … “I like having a teacher who is really...
Semester 1 2015
In this issue the JPL provides some practical advice which might advance your classroom practice, some ideas to consider with your colleagues and some far-reaching analysis about some of the deeply significant issues in public education.
How Goes the New K-6 English Syllabus?
Issue: Semester 1 2015
Jenny Williams and Mary-Ellen Betts share some ideas about how Primary English is unfolding … Primary teachers in NSW...
Setting Up For Your Career
Issue: Semester 1 2015
Michelle Gleeson gives some practical advice for teachers starting out in the profession… There is no doubt that starting...
Managing Student Behaviour
Issue: Semester 1 2015
Helen McMahon considers one of the most confronting issues for almost all teachers … Of all the issues confronting beginning...
Using Formative Assessment Practices to Lift Student Achievement
Issue: Semester 1 2015
Joanne Jarvis looks at the positive power of sound assessment … Research has shown that assessment is a critical...
Becoming a Better Teacher
Issue: Semester 1 2015
Jane Sherlock suggests some practical steps that all teachers might find useful … We all have memories of our own...
Fads and Miracle Cures in Education
Issue: Semester 1 2015
Carly-Jane Boreland delves into some of the most recent fashions in education and wonders if … Have we got...
High Cognitive Work Across the School Years
Issue: Semester 1 2015
Wayne Sawyer investigates how we can produce high levels of learning for our students … During 2013 -2014 I have...
Entitlement to a Decent Education for All: An Argument for Equity
Issue: Semester 1 2015
Susan Groundwater-Smith examines what all children and communities are truly entitled to … This article initially addresses the relationship between...