NAIDOC Week with Gregg Dreise: 2nd-9th July
NAIDOC Week is a great time to reiterate the inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture that you should be including all year round...
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itc has released a range of blogs on lesson observations, student formative feedback and cooperative learning strategies.
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AI in the classroom - How are teachers using it?
Reducing teacher work loads and personalising student learning experiences, explore the myriad ways Australian educators are harnessing AI.
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The Power of Cooperative Learning
Cooperative learning is one of the most powerful tools in a teacher’s toolkit, assisting class cohesion, interpersonal relationships, social support and self-esteem.
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Teacher Shortages - A 4-Day School Week?
Teacher shortages are becoming chronic throughout Australia. In their latest response, the Federal Government has recently funded a National Teacher Workforce Action Plan...
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Lesson Intentions and Success Criteria
Lesson Intentions and Success Criteria The lesson intention , the anticipated product and the planned process WALT and WILF Lesson Intentions and Success Criteria are not new.
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ChatGPT – Hero or Villain?
The paramount issue is academic integrity, as the AI generated responses are difficult to detect through current online plagiarism scanners. The rise of AI generated content...
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Guest Blog: Science & Story in the Early Years
We all know that science is important to our lives. We use it every day. But we are not just using science knowledge, we are using science literacy...
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Guest Blog: Is vocabulary instruction deliberate, incidental or non-existent?
Vocabulary is not extra to a subject, any subject – it is the subject. Yet, in the average classroom how much is...
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Thinking Tools – managing cognitive overload
The worth of using thinking tools is well documented; they provide a clear pathway to complete a given task, they provide students the means to organise their research...
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Guest Blog: Developing thinking and language skills with nursery rhymes
Nursery rhymes are not just for babies and pre-schoolers. Nursery rhymes can be used in early childhood classrooms to generate discussion, stimulate imaginations...
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Student formative feedback
Offering meaningful student formative feedback early and regularly makes sense. Effective formative feedback provides targeted and specific advice for students on how to improve...
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It’s the lesson that is important
The recent recommendation of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership to make lesson observations part of the teacher evaluation process should focus..
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Lesson Observations – improving teaching practices
Lesson Observations – improving teaching practices It’s not a difficult concept – teaching watching others teach with the view of improving one another’s teaching practices. There is ample research verifyin
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