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Initial Teacher Education today

for the first nine months. They then take on full teaching responsibilities for the following year. This program, students in vacancies that are difficult to fill and focuses on the recruitment of graduates from, focuses on the student experience[8]. The findings from this survey indicate student, summarised from Pilcher & Torii, 2018) Advantages Transparent process A fair way for universities, professional experience which fulfils the following requirements: is relevant to a classroom

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Peer support for maths learning

The teacher uses an independent learning approach to review the questions from a recent exam. Students attempt a set question individually and then an answer is demonstrated on the board by one or more students. As the questions increase in difficulty the girls are encouraged to open up discussion at their tables to collaboratively work out the answer and to inform each other's approach. If the group is unable to answer a question they are encouraged to send an envoy to another group to ask, Mount Alvernia College is an independent Catholic secondary school for girls operated by the Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. Located in Kedron in Queensland, the school has over 800 enrolments and caters for students of all academic abilities from a range of socio-economic backgrounds

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Ongoing informal assessment

families or carers. This Illustration was produced through a partnership between the Victorian, Selandra Kindergarten is located in the suburb of Clyde North, south-east of Melbourne. The kindergarten is managed by the local council, the City of Casey and currently caters for five groups of children who attend for 15 hours each week. The children come from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds and the staff of early childhood teachers and educators at the kindergarten focus on holistic teaching and learning, as well as connecting with the local community

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Unpacking the metalanguage

In teaching students from a very diverse range of cultural backgrounds in an Alice Springs senior college, the teacher understands how intercultural understanding is a key to unlocking knowledge and understanding to which many of her students have previously not had access. She describes two of the key tools used in her class to redress this imbalance: a highly visual 'wiki' and an ever-present, providing feedback, is key to how she sees her role in catering for students with different characteristics, Centralian Senior College is the largest senior secondary education provider in Alice Springs. The school was established in 2005 and has approximately 600 students in years 10, 11 and 12. Almost 50 percent of the student population has an Indigenous background with English being in some cases a second, third or fourth language. The teacher believes that different teaching methods and materials are required in order to engage students from such culturally diverse backgrounds but resists any

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A contextual approach to science

This teacher articulates how he employs a contextual approach to the teaching of science and uses a number of resources outside the school to enrich the students’ learning. Scientific method and inquiry are modelled in the primary school and are continued into secondary school. The students are encouraged to deliver presentations of their scientific investigations to large student forums such as school assemblies, Ryan Catholic College was established in 1979 to serve the rapidly developing areas on the outskirts of Townsville and the corridor development of the Upper Ross area. The College was planned as a co-educational institution from its inception for children from Preschool to Year 12. The curriculum in Years 5 to 9 has been designed to expose students to a diverse range of disciplines that will enable them to explore where their talents and interests lie

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Programming using robots

A teaching assistant principal promotes independent learning in a primary school robotics class. The learning outcome is articulated to stimulate students’ engagement. The students are required to program, test and then re-program robots to meet the learning intention. The lesson challenge draws on their prior knowledge and is further connected to real world scenarios to deepen the learning. The lesson concludes with a discussion about possible future learning, Located along the North West Coast of Tasmania in the township of Wynyard, Table Cape Primary caters to students from Kindergarten to Grade 6. Science, along with robotics, is taught by a specialist teacher to all students during the week, working alongside the teacher’s classroom program. During, , including individualised inquiry-based projects drawing on the local community. All students from, in their Foundation year develop programming and problem-solving skills through Lego WeDo. At Table

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Engaging parents in student learning

As part of a year 9 'Horizon Program' a co-ordinator organises a session where a student will present an inquiry-based learning task completed over a term. The session will be an opportunity for the parents/carers to share in the child's learning. It is also an opportunity for the co-ordinator to gather feedback from parents/carers on all aspects of the program. This enables the co-ordinator to continually review and grow the program, Our Lady of Mercy College is a Catholic school for girls in the inner northern metropolitan area of Melbourne. It has a school population of approximately 1,100 students in years 7–12. Based on research findings, the school identified the need to offer an alternative learning program at year 9. Students completed an inquiry-based research project during a term, which requires them to interact with the school's community. At the end of the project they are required to present their findings

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Covid-19 resources

The Australian Student Wellbeing Framework provides a sound foundation on which to plan wellbeing strategies and initiatives to support the physical and mental wellbeing of educators, students and families. Here you'll find a list of resources for educators, families and students, to help support learning communities to keep safe, resilient and well in this of crisis

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Collaborative teaching- sharing best practice

Contents Introduction A framework for thinking about the social nature of evidence use Finding, draws on the findings of the Q Project’s first survey of Australian educators. Between March, social processes and relationships when finding, assessing and using evidence (see Figure 1). Figure 1. Social processes associated with finding, assessing and using evidence, of evidence in practice. Figure 2. An illustration of a collaboration continuum (adapted from Himmelman

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