Teaching evaluation
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Article
‘I spoke about Dreamtime, I ticked a box’: teachers say they lack confidence to teach Indigenous perspectives
Many teachers don’t feel confident or capable to include Indigenous perspectives in their classrooms. However, curriculums are needing Indigenous perspectives beyond tokenistic inclusion.
Working paper
Parents’ responses to teacher qualifications
This paper investigates the determinants of parents’ investment in their children by analyzing parental investment change when their children are assigned to more qualified teachers.
Report
Teacher wellbeing: Its effects on teaching practice and student learning
This research took a qualitative phenomenological approach to explore teachers’ experiences of consciously using positive psychology strategies. Findings reveal that when teachers intentionally use PERMA positive psychology strategies that they report flow on effects to their own wellbeing, teaching practice and to students’ learning.
Evaluation
Evaluation of early learning and schools initiatives in the National Innovation and Science Agenda
This evaluation assesses the impact, separately and together, of Australian Government initiatives supporting STEM teaching and learning in schools and the early years. Overall, findings were generally positive and affirmed the Australian Government’s current approach, but there were some clear opportunities for future focus.
Report
Ensuring teaching quality in NSW public schools
The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the NSW Department of Education's and the NSW Education Standards Authority's arrangements to ensure teaching quality in NSW public schools.