New Research

Investing in our future

03 February 2012In 2008 the Australian Government began a five-year national rollout of the Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) that would see it delivered in 50 communities across Australia by 2012.

You be the judge - VCE Legal Studies teachers' kit

02 February 2012The kit provides the tools and knowledge teachers need to deliver engaging classes for VCE Legal Studies. It uses real case studies, with names and some details changed.

The experience of education: The impacts of high stakes testing on school students and their families

30 January 2012This literature review was commissioned to provide context for the research project The Experience of Education: The impacts of high stakes testing on school students and their families.

Teachers' intentions to use national literacy and numeracy assessment data

09 January 2012Recent data-driven changes to the Australian educational policy environment has increased the expectation for school personnel to use statistical information to inform their programs and to improve teaching practices.

National assessment program literacy and numeracy achievement national report for 2011

30 December 2011Each year new results are released regarding the statistics of literacy and numeracy levels of both primary and secodary school students, the following report indicates these findings from 2011.

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Education policy

Teaching with social media in classroom settings: Top ten practices from teachers around Europe

05 February 2012The “Teachers’ competition for social media use in formal language learning contexts” was created within the framework of the EU-funded network “Language learning and social media: 6 key dialogues”.

Australian Research Council amendment bill 2011

30 January 2012This digest examines the Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2011.

Vocational education and training

Indigenous language education in remote communities

Indigenous language education in remote communities

15 December 2011Focussing on the role of Indigenous languages in emergent development activity in remote Australia, this report examines the out-of-school language and literacy needs of adolescents and young adults, with a focus on the digital economy.

Hume global learning village: a creative learning community

08 December 2011Leading to the development of a 20 year strategy for learning, this paper provides a practical outline of a local government partnership with higher education in the context of a geographic learning community.

Commentary

Social networking and learning

02 December 2011Social networking enabled interaction is helping to diversify students' networks, opening up new possibilities for learning, discusses Gerry White on DERN.

Learning in both worlds

27 October 2011Despite the international evidence, the Northern Territory has discouraged bilingual programs in its schools, writes Lisa Waller in Inside Story. But there are early signs of another shift in attitude, both in Darwin and Canberra

'My School' and others: Segregation and white flight

16 June 2011In the Australian Review of Public Affairs, Christina Ho analyses the latest My School data

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Topic Guides

NBN: Guide for Consumers

  • Australian Communications Consumer Action Network & Internet Society Australia

09 June 2011The Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), have developed NBN: A Guide for Consumers, designed to offer all Australians information about the National Broadband Network.

Choice and values in schooling

  • Public Policy Institute - Australian Catholic University

12 December 2011School choice has been a divisive issue in education policy for a long time, often the subject of heated debate based more on ideology than evidence.

Parental contributions

  • Public Policy Institute - Australian Catholic University

12 December 2011Providing incentives for parents to pay for schooling is good public policy.

Audio

Digital learning

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14 November 2011Is digital technology changing the way we think and learn?

National arts curriculum

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25 October 2010Discussing the arts component of the new national curriculum, three speakers outline what they think is good and bad about proposals for music, drama, dance, visual arts and media arts in schools up to Year 8.

Schools

Early childhood, education and training; justice; emergency management

08 February 2012Volume one of the report focuses on early childhood, education and training as well as justice and emergency management sectors.

Video

Emerging technologies in Australia - Horizon report

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03 December 2009Education.au CEO Greg Black shares an Australian perspective on the four emerging technologies identified by the Horizon Report as likely to be entering mainstream use by educators within the next few years.

Immersive learning – it's game on!

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05 October 2009Immersive learning includes the use of virtual worlds and serious games, simulations, role plays, and virtual environments, technologies and activities that support collaboration.

Higher education

Mapping Australian higher education

30 January 2012Australia’s higher education system is entering one of its most significant years in recent history.

Websites

Indigenous teaching at Australian universities

25 February 2011The resources on this website are designed for anyone involved in Indigenous teaching in Australian Universities - or beyond. Among other things, the site features a set of research-based exemplars for good practice.

8 Aboriginal ways of learning

18 June 2010Tell a story. Make a plan. Think and do. Draw it. Take it outside. Try a new way. Watch first, then do. Share it with others. Aboriginal perspectives are not found in Aboriginal content, but Aboriginal processes...

www.edu.org.au

10 December 2009This site was created by the Victorian Council of School Organisations (VICCSO) to provide resources and information sharing for parents and teachers on education issues.

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Books

Digital futures for cultural and media studies

Digital futures for cultural and media studies

  • John Hartley
  • Wiley-Blackwell
As they play with their digital devices and online games, children may unknowingly be making up the kind of democracy we will have tomorrow.
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The Creative Industries, Culture and Policy

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The rise of creative industries allows new thinking in communication, media and cultural studies, media and cultural policy, the arts and also information sectors.Sparking fresh debates and creating a better understanding of culture, in relation to new media and technology.

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Topic Guides

NBN: Guide for Consumers

  • Australian Communications Consumer Action Network & Internet Society Australia

09 June 2011The Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), have developed NBN: A Guide for Consumers, designed to offer all Australians information about the National Broadband Network.

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