In This Issue
EDITORIAL and INSIDE INSIGHT
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD – Solution
OPINION – Want world-class schools? Then agitate
It’s time to agitate for significant, systematic and sustained change if we want world-class schools, says Brian Caldwell.
FEATURE – Australian schools: Three questions; three answers
How good is Australian school education, how fair is Australian school education, and how could we do even better? Barry McGaw has some answers.
BEGINNING TEACHERS – Bloody tough, but absolutely rewarding
With a Bachelor of Communication already under her belt and about five years of journalism experience, Gemma Patterson felt confident that she could handle a bunch of teenagers and become a high school English teacher.
TRANSITION – Post-school pays off
Post-school education or training pays off, according to a recent analysis of longitudinal data. Steve Holden reports.
CLASSROOM CONFIDENTIAL – Start building but don’t forget educational leadership
With $14.7 billion for schools on the table, now is not the time merely to change the colour of the carpet, says Seamus O’Grady.
THE PROFESSION – Find your voice: Real professional renewal
Allow the educational agenda to come from outside of the school or the profession, and we hand over the reigns of pedagogical reform, say Peter Noonan and Peter Hayes.
INNOVATION –
Rollercoaster: Education and online access
It’s time all Australian schools started educating students for a digital world, rather than pretending that world doesn’t exist, says Mal Lee.
Timetables and technology
Hands up if you want to be your school’s timetabler. If your hand is up, chances are your school uses timetabling software rather than fitting together the pieces of the timetable jigsaw puzzle, piece by agonising piece; but software hasn’t taken over the job, as Peter Crowe explains.
INTERVIEW – First class
What does first-class teaching look like? Steve Holden spoke with Clay Reid, winner of the 2008 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools, to find out.
NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE and IN BRIEF
ISSUES –
Education for all
Education for all has been a goal since at least the mid-17th Century. Today, it’s no less an important goal, for Australia and the world, says Phillip Hughes.
Now is the time for educational change
The worst of times could indeed be the best of times for constructive and purposeful educational change. Norman McCulla explains why.
REVIEW
The Use of Instructional Technology in Schools
THE DIARY
AS I SEE IT... On punishment
Danny Katz suspects teachers sometimes pine for the un-PC days of corporal punishment.
