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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published November 2003 3134 subscribers Subscribe Now In this issue: Employment experience has strongest influence on labour market outcomes Building teacher quality ACER UPDATE Employment experience has strongest influence on labour market outcomes Experience of working full-time early in the school-to-work transition has the most positive effect on youth labour market outcomes, more so than completion of Year 12 itself or post-secondary qualifications. This is not to understate the significant positive effect of Year 12 completion on entry to employment and to longer-term labour market outcomes. In addition, early experience of unemployment has a 'scarring' effect on subsequent unemployment. Continue reading » Building teacher quality It is widely recognised that the quality of teaching is crucial to the learning outcomes of students, but what does research tell us about the best ways to build teacher quality? What lessons can Australian educators learn from the experiences of colleagues in other countries? These were among the questions posed at ACER's Research Conference 2003 held in October. Continue reading » ACER UPDATE ACER appoints Research Director of early childhood education ACER has appointed Professor Alison Elliot to the newly created position of Research Director (Early Childhood Education). Professor Elliott comes to ACER from the University of Canberra where she was Professor of Early Childhood Education and Head of School. Professor Elliott has had a long connection with the Australian Early Childhood Association and has been editor of the Association's publication Every Child for the past eight years. Professor Elliott her role with ACER in mid November based in the Sydney office. ACER chief executive Professor Geoff Masters said he was delighted with the appointment, which is in keeping with ACER's objective of expanding its research activities over the next few years. "Alison Elliott's appointment and the prospect of building our research in the early childhood area are exciting developments for ACER," he said. Academic Talent Program (WA) ACER has been awarded the contract to run the Academic Talent Program for the Department of Education and Training in Western Australia for the next three years. The test is designed to assist in the selection of students from primary school into a range of specialist secondary schools.
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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published November 2003
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In this issue:

Employment experience has strongest influence on labour market outcomes
Building teacher quality
ACER UPDATE

Employment experience has strongest influence on labour market outcomes

Experience of working full-time early in the school-to-work transition has the most positive effect on youth labour market outcomes, more so than completion of Year 12 itself or post-secondary qualifications. This is not to understate the significant positive effect of Year 12 completion on entry to employment and to longer-term labour market outcomes. In addition, early experience of unemployment has a 'scarring' effect on subsequent unemployment.

Building teacher quality

It is widely recognised that the quality of teaching is crucial to the learning outcomes of students, but what does research tell us about the best ways to build teacher quality? What lessons can Australian educators learn from the experiences of colleagues in other countries? These were among the questions posed at ACER's Research Conference 2003 held in October.

ACER UPDATE

ACER appoints Research Director of early childhood education

ACER has appointed Professor Alison Elliot to the newly created position of Research Director (Early Childhood Education). Professor Elliott comes to ACER from the University of Canberra where she was Professor of Early Childhood Education and Head of School. Professor Elliott has had a long connection with the Australian Early Childhood Association and has been editor of the Association's publication Every Child for the past eight years. Professor Elliott her role with ACER in mid November based in the Sydney office. ACER chief executive Professor Geoff Masters said he was delighted with the appointment, which is in keeping with ACER's objective of expanding its research activities over the next few years.

"Alison Elliott's appointment and the prospect of building our research in the early childhood area are exciting developments for ACER," he said.

Academic Talent Program (WA)

ACER has been awarded the contract to run the Academic Talent Program for the Department of Education and Training in Western Australia for the next three years. The test is designed to assist in the selection of students from primary school into a range of specialist secondary schools.

All rights reserved. Except under the conditions described in the Copyright Act 1968 of Australia and subsequent amendments, no part of this electronic publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without written permission. Please address any requests to reproduce information to communications@acer.edu.au

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