TEACHING PROFESSION
Teachers make
a positive difference
Tas Govt media release, 29 October
2010
The Minister for Education and
Skills, Lin Thorp, today praised Tasmanian teachers for their positive
contribution to the future of our young people...
MY SCHOOL WEBSITE
UK academic takes aim at My School website
Brisbane Times, 28 October
2010
A visiting academic has taken a
swipe at the federal government's controversial My School website, saying
a school could not be judged on test results, but rather its ability to
improve attending students...
PERFORMANCE TESTING
Plea
for return to education core values
ABC Online, 28 October
2010
The wife of the Tasmanian
Governor has told a forum at the University of Tasmania there is an
obsession with performance testing in Australian schools...
ONLINE SAFETY
Teens in trouble for sexting like the stars
SMH, 28 October
2010
Nude photo scandals have become
the lifeblood of Hollywood, with celebrities of all ages falling into
the 'sexting' trap, but a growing number of Australian teens are
breaking the law and risking social rejection by emulating them...
- Includes government ad campaign video produced by
thinkuknow.org.au
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Mt Faulkner
Primary celebrates 10 years
Tas Govt media release, 27 October
2010
The Minister for Education and
Skills, Lin Thorp, has paid tribute to the Mt Faulkner Primary School
community for its contribution to education...
TASMANIA TOMORROW REFORMS
School's out for 5000 a day
The Mercury, 26 October
2010
MORE than 5000 children are
absent from class every day...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Curriculum includes controversial views on
memorials
HeraldSun, 26 October
2010
THE history of Gallipoli and the
sacrifices of Australian soldiers have become mired in a row over the
new national curriculum...
SCHOOL TERMS
Inquiry into school terms
The Mercury, 26 October
2010
SENIOR Tasmanian educator Jenny
Cranston will head an advisory group looking into whether four school
terms should be introduced...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Disabled school project fiasco
The Mercury, 25 October
2010
THE relocation of a southern
Tasmanian special education school is millions of dollars over budget
and is now almost two years behind schedule...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Sharpening young minds by narrowing them?
SMH/National Times, 25 October
2010
The overcrowded national
curriculum has left nothing out to keep the politicians happy...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Try harder: teachers do the maths on curriculum
SMH, 25 October
2010
NSW maths teachers have called
for the proposed national curriculum for the senior years to be
redesigned, arguing it does not serve students as well as the subjects
offered under the HSC..
EDUCATION FUNDING
Garrett stands by school funding
SMH, 24 October
2010
The federal government has lauded
its record on schools education funding despite a national survey
finding public schools are overcrowded and underfunded...
EDUCATION FUNDING
School budget blues
Sunday Tasmanian, 24 October
2010
TASMANIA'S public schools are
being forced to raise funds for basics such as classroom equipment and
textbooks, a new survey has shown...
TAFE
Career change in sight for TAFE
SMH, 22 October
2010
FUNDAMENTAL changes to vocational
education, including a user-pays funding model, a transformed
apprenticeship system and the partial merger of TAFEs and universities,
have been put forward by the federal government's skills adviser to
revitalise the stagnating system...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Taroona High
selected as innovative global role model
Tas Govt media release, 20 October
2010
Taroona High School has been
selected as one of five Australian schools to be recognised for the
innovative way they use technology in the classroom...
DoE ANNUAL REPORT
Investment in
early years starting to reap rewards
Tas Govt media release, 20 October
2010
The Department of Education’s
2009-10 annual report was tabled in Parliament this morning...
See
Annual
report download page
EDUCATION AWARDS
Tasmanian
finalists in national philanthropy awards
Tas Govt media release, 19 October
2010
A Tasmanian school and a local
teacher have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to
communities from around the world...
TASMANIAN ONLINE LEARNING
Tasmanian
eSchool to provide more learning opportunities
Tas Govt media release, 19 October
2010
The Minister for Education and
Skills, Lin Thorp, today announced the formation of an innovative new
school to provide more flexible learning opportunities for all Tasmanian
students...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Content drowns new curriculum
The Australian, 18 October
2010
THE national curriculum sounded
like a good idea at the time...
SCHOOL TERMS
Too much four-term talk
Sunday Tasmanian, 17 October
2010
THE Education Department has
denied it censored teachers' emails after deleting tens of thousands of
messages about the proposal for a four-term school year...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Calls for national curriculum delay
The Age, 16 October
2010
THE introduction of the national
curriculum should be delayed, with scientists, teachers and principals
claiming it was unrealistic to fix all the draft's problems by year's
end...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Modern lesson for history curriculum
SMH, 16 October
2010
THE Australian curriculum
authority has been forced to overhaul its national history curriculum to
strengthen the amount of contemporary Australian and Asian history
taught, particularly in year 10...
PERSONALISED LEARNING
Students
still at the centre as personalised learning options get boost
Tas Govt media release, 15 October
2010
The State Government is investing
$5.4 million over four years to provide more flexible, personalised
learning options for students, Minister for Education and Skills, Lin
Thorp said today...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Overhaul for national curriculum after
criticism
The Age, 15 October
2010
THE proposed national school
curriculum will be overhauled after complaints that it made maths and
science too difficult and under-emphasised recent Australian history...
COMPUTERS AND LEARNING
Computers help slum kids teach themselves
ABC Radio Australia, 14 October
2010
Professor Sugata Mitra's computer
education project Hole In The Wall was the inspiration for Vikas
Swarup's novel Q&A, which then became the Oscar winning film, Slumdog
Millionaire...
CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER
Child advocate booted
The Mercury, 15 October
2010
TASMANIA'S outspoken Commissioner
for Children, Paul Mason, has been dumped from his job protecting
Tasmania's most vulnerable children...
POST YEAR 10 CHANGES
Negotiated model delivered in time for 2011
The Greens media release, 14 October
2010
The Tasmanian Greens say the post
year 10 legislation will put the State’s secondary education sector back
on track...
POST YEAR 10 CHANGES
PY10
legislation passes through the Upper House
Tas Govt media release, 14 October
2010
The Minister for Education and
Skills, Lin Thorp, has welcomed the passing of legislation for the
post year 10 reforms through the Upper House...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Big picture
schools the way of the future
Tas Govt media release, 14 October
2010
The personalised approach to
learning offered by Big Picture Schools provides young people with
excellent preparation for learning and life in the 21st Century, the
Minister for Education and Skills, Lin Thorp, said today...
SCHOOL TERMS
Four term
year panel chair announced
Tas Govt media release, 13 October
2010
The Minister for Education and
Skills, Lin Thorp, has announced highly respected educator Jenny
Cranston will chair the advisory group investigating whether to
institute a four term school year in Tasmania...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Big Picture
school for flexible learning
Tas Govt media release, 12 October
2010
The Premier, David Bartlett,
today officially opened Australia’s first purpose-built Big Picture
School.
The school is part of Montrose Bay High, but located in the grounds of
Goodwood Primary and Timsbury School...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
History course 'cobbled together'
The Australian, 9 October
2010
HISTORY teachers warned yesterday
that the national curriculum was being "cobbled together" through a
flawed process of "ad hoc" decisions...
- See
curriculum
documents
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Debate rages over arts curriculum
The Age, 8 October
2010
THE national curriculum will
devote as much time to media arts - which involves creating videos and
online games - as it does to traditional arts subjects such as music and
visual arts...
- See the
Draft Arts Shape document [pdf file]
(Bibliography)
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Garrett flags national curriculum changes
The Age, 7 October
2010
SCHOOL Education Minister Peter
Garrett says it is inevitable that last-minute refinements will be made
to the national curriculum following a barrage of complaints from
principals, teacher associations and science deans...
- See also
update from
the ACARA Chair
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Deans reject school science curriculum 'driven by expediency'
The Australian, 5 October
2010
The national school science
curriculum is fundamentally flawed, according to the deans of science in
the nation's universities...
- See curriculum
documents
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Construction of child and family centres
under way
Tas Govt media release, 7 October
2010
Child and Family Centres at
Beaconsfield, Ravenswood, East Devonport and Queenstown are underway,
the Minister for Education and Skills, Lin Thorp, said today...
SCHOOL TERMS
School terms up for debate
The Mercury, 7 October
2010
INTRODUCING a four-term school
year would result in Tasmanian families paying more for their interstate
holidays but it could stop kids becoming bored during the long summer
break, a State Government briefing document has revealed...
SCHOOL TERMS
Four term school year consultation begins
Tas Govt media release, 6 October
2010
The Minister for Education and
Skills, Lin Thorp, today announced a consultation process to explore the
merits of a four term school year in Tasmania...
YOUTH DETENTION
Discussion on future of Ashley overdue
Jacquie Petrusma, Liberals media release,
5 October
2010
The book "Life inside Ashley
Youth Detention Centre" should be mandatory reading for any politician
who still believes youth detention is a deterrent to kids reoffending...
YOUTH DETENTION
Life inside
Ashley
Tas Govt media release, 5 October
2010
The Minister for Children, Lin
Thorp said the booklet View: Life Inside AYDC published by the
Commissioner for Children provided a real opportunity for young people
at Ashley to express and share their opinions about their experience...
-
download the booklet [pdf, 5.4MB]
YOUTH DETENTION
Ashley Views booklet issued
Commissioner for Children, 5 October
2010
Tasmania's Commissioner for
Children, Paul Mason, today presented to the current residents of Ashley
Youth Detention Centre their own copy of their own book: "Views: Life
Inside AYDC"
...
-
download the booklet [pdf, 5.4MB]
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Four Tas.
schools nationally recognised
Tas Govt media release, 4 October
2010
Geilston Bay High, Rokeby High,
Rose Bay High and Clarence High have jointly received a $50,000 Schools
First Local Impact Award for their outstanding partnership with
Training Opportunities
and Options for Learning Inc
(TOOL) and other community organisations...
TEACHING PROFESSION
Criminal record no bar to teaching career in NSW
HeraldSun, 1 October
2010
In a stunning decision, the Human
Rights Commission has found that a teaching applicant who had served
eight months in jail, with offences over eight years that included
possessing illegal drugs, break and enter and resisting arrest, was
discriminated against because of his criminal history...
GOOGLE MAPS
Google Maps Street View reaches Antarctica
CBC News, 1 October
2010
Google has now made it to all
seven continents, launching its online Street View service in Antarctica
with a 360-degree ground-level view of an area called Half Moon Island
showing penguins and the coast...
- See
Google Maps penguins |
See the