Ever wondered when ICAS actually started? How long it takes to create an ICAS paper? Or how many students have participated in the competition over the years? Ponder no longer – we’ve taken some of the most interesting things about …
Every teacher knows that when students are engaged in class, fully focused on the ideas, tasks or problems in front of them, they are much more likely to succeed.1 Intrinsic motivation is one of their biggest allies for academic success, …
If you’ve spent precious hours working out your school’s assessment schedule for the year, with every test carefully considered and added to the proper date, the last thing you want to do is jam in a surprise assessment and shuffle …
Lesson planning is one of the most important regular tasks you’ll complete as a teacher, and it’s incredibly time-consuming. We asked our former teachers (with decades of collective experience) for their biggest lesson planning tips – the things that helped …
Every fundamental skill and area of knowledge included in a curriculum should help to prepare children for the adult world, and the difficult job of getting those abstract concepts into their heads is down to you, the teacher. Thankfully, ICAS …
Whether it’s mid-year or end of year for your child’s school, Australia-wide parents will have millions of interactions during parent-teacher night. Parents are an integral part of the education journey, and parent-teacher night is a key touchpoint for them to …
As a parent who is invested in your child’s education, you probably welcome any kind of data that tells you how they’re performing at school. Reports and interviews offered by teachers are insightful, but there’s another form of concrete, no-nonsense …
Assessments are a crucial part of education. They are a type of feedback that tells you what your students have learned in the classroom, and they come in two broad types: formative and summative. In this article, we’ll explore the …
Australia’s technology sector generated $167 billion dollars in 2021.1 Globally, that number is $8.51 trillion (2022), and is expected to increase by roughly a third within four years.2 The digital technologies industry is colossal and there are countless future career …
Unless scientists invent an ingenious space-age brain scan that accurately displays a person’s knowledge, teachers must continue using traditional methods to gauge their students’ understanding. It’s a critical task, after all, and can be the difference between teaching the right …