This publication showcases the varied programs and initiatives being undertaken at medical schools across Australia and New Zealand in relation to Indigenous medical education. It highlights long standing and successful programs together with new, original and innovative programs. The case studies are examples of models of good practice which can provide valuable information for developing...

This 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. The project is a collaboration between the Whitlam Institute, the University of Melbourne and the Foundation for Young Australians. The project seeks to examine whether the regime...

General capabilities, a key dimension of the Australian Curriculum, are addressed explicitly in the content of the learning areas. They play a significant role in realising the goals set out in the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (MCEETYA 2008) that all young people in Australia should be supported to become successful learners...

Key Points: Asia literacy – literacy about the region – has been the dominant underlying rationale for public investment in research about Australia’s region leading to a strong focus on country based centres with a considerable area studies and humanities focus. This conventional Asia literacy strategy is prone to rent seeking, and is less effective...

Each 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. The National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy tests are conducted in May each year for all students across Australia in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. All...