In an exciting development for the teaching profession, La Trobe University’s unique Nexus program has recently produced its first group of classroom-ready secondary school teachers. In their first year, students work part-time in schools and receive direct mentoring opportunities and professional ...

The federal minister for Education, Alan Tudge, has painted Australian education as a system in serious decline in a speech to the conservative think tank, the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS). Tudge tore into the current crop of teachers, telling ...

Concerns about the validity and fairness of the LANTITE test continue as two prominent academics in the education sector have commented on how the current Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) is administered. In a meeting with ...

Preparing teachers for dealing with challenging students is one of the most important aspects of a teaching degree, but until now many courses took a more theoretical approach to the issue or relied on the exposure preservice teachers would receive ...

As previously prefaced, tough new standards are being introduced in NSW for teaching graduates, who will now need a credit average in their degree to be able to apply for a job in the state's public schools. Graduates will also ...

Caroline Mansfield is teaching teachers resilience on a global scale. The Murdoch University Associate Professor's program, the sunnily-named Building Resilience in Teacher Education (BRITE), has 5,000 users and counting. Resilience - the capacity to quickly bounce back after setbacks - sounds ...

 Allowing teachers to be educated in practical wisdom will benefit students and society, writes Neil Hooley.  Much of the debate these days regarding schooling, teaching and learning takes place within a political and economic context that assumes its imperatives can ...