Tuesday, 29 August 2006

Uni's top students choose teaching. More than half the students starting a teaching degree at one of the nation's leading universities chose a teaching career, despite having the marks to study engineering, arts, science or medicine. A survey conducted by Sydney University's education faculty shows that more than half the students training as primary school teachers scored more than 90 out of a possible 100 in their university entrance score. Among those studying to be secondary school teachers, more than 30 per cent scored above 90. The Australian, 29 August 2006 [Recent Items]
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Government schools secular with good reason. Theage.com.au - Sun Aug 27, 08:32 pm GMT [News4Sites - Australia Education]
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Union urges investment in teachers. Abc.net.au - Mon Aug 28, 03:26 am GMT [News4Sites - Australia Education]
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Teachers need performance pay: Bishop. Theage.com.au - Mon Aug 28, 04:33 am GMT [News4Sites - Australia Education]
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Expert rejects teacher quality 'slide'. Abc.net.au - Mon Aug 28, 05:27 am GMT [News4Sites - Australia Education]
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Liz Gannes: "Flickr photos can now be geo-tagged via a drag-and-drop interface with Yahoo Maps." [Scripting News]
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How and why has teacher quality changed in Australia?. International research suggests that differences in teacher performance can explain a large portion of student achievement. Yet little is known about how the quality of the Australian teaching profession has changed over time. Using consistent data on the academic aptitude of new teachers, the report compares those who have entered the teaching profession in Australia over the past two decades. [Recent Items]
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Teachers not so clever any more. Teachers are not as smart as they were 20 years ago, an Australian study by economists Andrew Leigh and Chris Ryan from the Australian National University concludes, in a finding that will reinforce concerns over declining classroom standards. The study used literacy and numeracy tests as the best proxy available for assessing teachers' academic abilities. News, 28 August 2006 [School Education Headlines]
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