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News for Tasmanian Teachers
Archive for January 2019
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TASMANIAN BUSHFIRES
Bushfires close schools
Bushfires impact student performance
Students in areas hit hard by
bushfires suffer a long-lasting decline in academic performance,
a Victorian study shows...
Stop-work on first day
Teachers
will hold half-hour stop-work meetings at their schools on the
first day back for Term 1, the AEU says...
Teaching the gifted
Teachers need to ensure they
identify students who are gifted, understand how gifted students
learn, and are aware of how students can be twice exceptional,
an academic writes ...
SCHOOL STRUCTURE
Split over classrooms
Unclear incentives better
Librarians improve literacy
Brexit deal rejected
The UK parliament has rejected PM
Theresa May's Brexit deal, 432 votes to 202...
CURRICULUM
More curriculum autonomy needed
Consistent food messages needed
Children and parents continue
to come under pressure to consume manufactured products that
have a high sugar content yet many students receive mixed health
messages from their schools, an obesity expert writes...
FOOD EDUCATION
More food in schools
No low-score ATAR teachers
A federal Labor government would
place restrictions on students with low ATAR scores entering
teacher training courses, federal Opposition education
spokesperson Tanya Pilbersek says...
Supporting new teachers
Three academics outline six
ways new teachers can be encouraged to stay in the profession...
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See the 
The following schools have been
closed due to the current bushfire situation:
Collinsvale Primary
UPDATED INFORMATION:
The one-size-fits-all nature of
national curriculums operates against the needs of rural and
regional students, an academic says...
There needs to be a greater focus on food education
across all levels in schools, three academics write. But at
least they acknowledge that schools are being asked to take on
many other responsibilities on behalf of society too..
