23 February 2010This report uses recent economic modelling to relate cognitive skills - as measured by PISA and other international instruments - to economic growth, demonstrating that relatively small improvements to labour force skills can largely impact the future well-being of a nation.
15 February 2010This report uses a series of case studies to develop a dynamic and responsive ICT service model that attends to the day-to-day user demands and the ever-changing ICT environment, but at the same time, maintains standards and security.
15 February 2010Education.au commissioned market research with first year teachers about how they currently use ICT in their teaching and how their pre-service training has supported them in supported them.
15 February 2010This policy brief explores the rationale behind government efforts to integrate services and the implications for policy makers and practitioners.
08 February 2010The Queensland Government has launched a discussion paper on the future of education as part of its plan to provide all Queensland children with a flying start in life.
19 October 2009Is it possible that Australia is producing graduates with skills based on a world that no longer exists?, asks Sheryle Moon in Open Forum.
19 November 2009Science and art might sound like vastly different disciplines, but Dr Tim Wetherell from ANU believes they are both motivated by a desire to make sense of the world in which we live.
09 March 2010The longitudinal Life Chances Study has followed some 140 young people from diverse backgrounds since they were infants. This report documents the altest stage of the project.
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.
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.
17 March 2010International comparisons of intergenerational mobility must take into account differences in politico-economic institutions, according to this study.
30 November 2009equity101 is a repository of social inclusion policies, programs and research in education as well as a forum for social inclusion discussion and debate, for education researchers, practitioners, teachers, senior managers and policy makers.
12 October 2009This is a free online service that enables full-text searching of newspaper articles. The service includes newspapers published in each state and territory from the 1800s to the mid-1950s, when copyright applies.
In this collection, acclaimed writer Mandy Sayer brings together nine of the best Australian examples of the long story - tales that combine the intensity of the short story with the complexity of a novel.
This year’s Best Australian Essays ranges far and wide. There are portraits of Michael Jackson, Samuel Beckett, the kookaburra, Julia Gillard and Charles Darwin.
Mission H2o, an online game themed around water conservation and developed by Swinburne University students and staff, has received two prestigious design awards.
This guide has been developed as a resource for teaching staff and course/subject coordinators who are considering integrating student peer review in their subjects.
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