Journals

Reclaiming (In)Visible Women in the History Curriculum

Issue: Semester 1, 2025

Judy King suggests that a woman’s place is everywhere, including the NSW History Syllabuses : HSIE K-6, History Years 7-10,…

Category: In Focus Subject: History, Public Education, Secondary

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Different implementation approaches to the new English syllabus

Issue: Semester 1 2024

English Head Teachers, Emma Campbell, Steve Henry, and Rosemary Henzell, share the motivators and contextual variables that were the driving…

Category: For your Classroom Subject: English, Public Education, Secondary

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Growing a culture of assessment for learning in the secondary context

Issue: Semester 2 2023

Lisa Edwards explores how we can shift school-wide assessment practice and create a culture focussed on learning for both teachers…

Category: For your Future Subject: Assessment, Secondary, Whole school priorities

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Teaching English to Teenage Tourists

Issue: Semester 1 2023

Steve Henry offers some reflections on the challenges faced by English teachers in a time when social media has an…

Category: For your Classroom Subject: Communication skills, English, Public Education, Secondary

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‘A word after a word is power’: Reflections on reading in Secondary English

Issue: Semester 1 2023

Jackie Manuel reflects on the nature of, and importance of, teaching reading in Secondary English. She encourages teachers to utilise…

Category: For your Classroom Subject: Communication skills, Creative arts, English, Public Education, Secondary

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Effective Classroom Management

Issue: Semester 2 2022

Helen McMahon, Michelle Gleeson, Andrea Gavrielatos & Trystan Loades consider one of the most important topics for all teachers … classroom…

Category: For your Classroom Subject: Classroom management, Communication skills, Primary, Secondary, Whole school priorities

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Understanding students’ higher order thinking skills through the lens of assessment

Issue: Semester 1 2022

Rayanne Shakra and Jim Tognolini give clear and comprehensive advice to teachers on how to use modern definitions of assessment to better assess their students’ Higher Order Thinking Skills.

Category: For your Classroom Subject: Primary, Secondary, Whole school priorities

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Stay still, dive deep-approaches to read to write and the craft of writing

Issue: Semester 1 2022

Jowen Hillyer and Rosemary Henzell give some practical advice on how to teach “Reading to Write” and Module C of “Writing of HSC English Advanced and Standard” syllabuses.

Category: For your Classroom Subject: English, Secondary

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