In This Issue
EDITORIAL and INSIDE INSIGHT
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD – Solution explanations
OPINION – Gifted education: Debunking the myths
FEATURE – Top end technology
There are many challenges facing education in remote communities in the Northern Territory: low literacy rates, high staff turnover... and the need to deliver new computer equipment in a tinnie down the river when floods make the roads impassable. Rebecca Leech reports.
THE PROFESSION – Teaching for uncertain futures
What are some of the possible futures for teaching in Australia through to the year 2030, and what kinds of practices and skills will teachers need for such futures? Peter Fuller imagines the possibilities.
INNOVATION – Imagining school leadership
School leaders work in a rapidly-changing and challenging world, so where can they look for inspiration to imagine a new school leadership for the future? Neil Cranston and Lisa Ehrich have some answers.
CLASSROOM CONFIDENTIAL – The arts: Time for an overhaul
The creative and performing arts need a whole-of-system and a whole-of-school overhaul, says Seamus O’Grady.
RESEARCH – Wellbeing
Shelley Thornton reports on her research on the way teachers’ attitudes, values and beliefs affect children’s social and emotional wellbeing.
TRANSITION – The VET pathway
Vocational education and training can help welfare recipients to pursue pathways that lead to paid employment, but there needs to be collaboration between sectors to ensure that potential barriers are overcome, say Kate Barnett and John Spoehr.
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE and IN BRIEF
ISSUES – Young carers ane education
Many thousands of children and young Australians are carers, and it’s time to support them, say Tim Moore and Morag McArthur.
SECRET STAFFROOM BUSINESS – Cryptic crosswords: An introduction
Learn how to solve cryptic crosswords and it could be the start of a great obsession, says Roger Dedman.
REVIEW
Multiliteracies and Diversity in Education
THE DIARY
AS I SEE IT... Against choice
Life is full of major decisions like choosing a DVD or a pizza or a high school for your child – and it’s time to end this choice crisis, says Danny Katz.
