ACER eNews
New standards for senior students
Earlier this year the Australian Council for Educational Research provided
a report to the Australian Government on options for the introduction
of an Australian Certificate of Education (ACE) for the final years
of secondary school. ACER chief executive Geoff Masters describes
the key recommendations from the report and argues that regardless of
where they live in Australia, students should be able to engage with
school subjects in similar depth and with similar academic rigour.
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Blueprint highlights eroding quality of childcare services
The NSW and Queensland Children’s Services
commissioners’ ‘Blueprint’ for child care, What
about the kids? Policy directions for improving the experiences of young
children in a changing world is welcome for highlighting
the alarming developmental outcomes for many children under existing
childcare and early development arrangements and the eroding quality
of early childhood services writes Alison Elliott.
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ACER UPDATE
Indigenous education leadership forum
ACER and the Victorian chapter of the Australian College of Educators
are hosting a forum on Indigenous education leadership presented
by Dr Chris Sarra, Director of the Indigenous Educational Leadership
Institute. In the forum, entitled Stronger Smarter Strategies, Dr
Sarra will present the success story of the Cherbourg School in
Queensland where he was principal. A question and answer session
about stronger, smarter strategies used in providing education for
Indigenous children will follow. The forum will be held at ACER,
19 Prospect Hill Road Camberwell on Tuesday 25 July. For more information download
the forum brochure (PDF format) or phone (03) 9277 5463.
ACER Researcher takes out AUQF Best Paper prize
ACER Research Fellow, Dr Hamish Coates, was awarded the Best Paper prize at the Australian Universities Quality Forum held in Perth early in July. Dr Coates's paper was entitled Excellent Measures Precede Measures of Excellence. The paper identified quantifiable indicators that might enhance the national evaluation of learning and teaching in higher Australian higher education including the possible development of new indicators. Dr Coates also took out the prize for best workshop at the forum in conjunction with Cindy Tilbrook, Executive Director, Graduate Careers Australia.
Newly registered teachers in Victoria
The Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) has commissioned ACER to assist in the development of on-line questionnaires for the 2005 cohort of provisionally registered teachers, their mentors and their principals. The surveys will examine the operation of the processes of provisionally registered teachers being considered for full registration, including the nature and extent of the professional learning and collaboration that occurred as a result. ACER will also analyse the responses and prepare a report.
A review of teacher education for languages teachers
The Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) has commissioned ACER to conduct a review of teacher education for languages teachers. The intention of the review is to obtain a comprehensive national picture of teacher education and retraining opportunities for languages teachers; determine the extent to which existing programs adequately prepare languages teachers; and develop strategies to improve access and quality in teacher education for languages teachers. The project will run from July 2006 to March 2007.
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