Evidence-based practice
Report
Unlocking high quality teaching
No other factor within schools has a greater impact on students' academic success and overall achievement than the quality of teaching. This report details high quality teaching practices in complex environments across age groups, subjects and contexts. It also discusses moving towards more evidence-informed teaching and translating research into classroom practice, as well as empowering...
Guide
Quality practice elements for men’s behaviour change programs (MBCPs) in the Northern Territory
A practice guide for people funding, designing and delivering men’s behaviour change programs, and those working more broadly to enhance community safety and wellbeing. It focuses on how to lift the overall quality of these programs and draws together existing practice standards, recent research and emerging practice-based knowledge, contextualised for the Northern Territory.
Report
Everybody cares about using education research sometimes
This report explores the role of knowledge intermediaries in the field of education. It draws on a survey of 288 organisations across 34 countries to examine how these organisations facilitate the use of research in policy and practice. The report identifies gaps in skills and infrastructure and emphasises the need for better co-ordination and evaluation.
Report
Prevention is the cure: early intervention is the key to combatting our youth crisis
This report outlines the growing youth crisis in New South Wales and highlights three case studies of evidence-based early intervention programs. It advocates for funding place-based, early intervention programs as a long-term strategy, rather than relying on short-term, reactive solutions.
Report
Peer mentoring for sharing skills and knowledge from professional learning
This report discusses the findings of a study into the effectiveness of a peer mentoring approach for delivering professional learning to educators and teachers in early childhood education and care services. Overall, the findings suggest that while peer mentoring requires a high level of planning and support, it is a feasible and promising way to...