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Equity Issues In Student Financial Literacy, Sue Thomson
Equity Issues In Student Financial Literacy, Sue Thomson
Teacher columnist - Sue Thomson
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on national economies has underlined the necessity for strong personal financial literacy. With people suddenly able to draw money from their superannuation or freeze their mortgage repayments in order to meet expenses, it is vital that they have the skills to evaluate the costs and benefits associated with such options. Financial education therefore has a role, in conjunction with consumer protection and regulation policies, in equipping people to attain the appropriate skills and knowledge in financial literacy.
Talis: Stress Levels Among Australian Teachers, Sue Thomson
Talis: Stress Levels Among Australian Teachers, Sue Thomson
Teacher columnist - Sue Thomson
The OECD’s Teaching and Learning International Survey provides a voice for teachers and principals internationally. Australia is one of 48 countries that participated in TALIS 2018, and ACER has just released the second report on the data gathered – Teachers and school leaders as valued professionals (Thomson & Hillman, 2020). The foci of this second volume are career opportunities, collaboration, autonomy and prestige. The results reported in this article are those from lower secondary school teachers and principals.
What Pisa Tells Us About Our Preparedness For Remote Learning, Sue Thomson
What Pisa Tells Us About Our Preparedness For Remote Learning, Sue Thomson
Teacher columnist - Sue Thomson
Within just a few weeks, the nature of teaching and learning has been flipped, nationally and internationally. The COVID-19 crisis has propelled schools to an online learning environment, to ways of teaching and learning that we were only just experimenting with until now. How do we make the most of this crisis?
Teachers’ Priorities For Education Spending, Sue Thomson
Teachers’ Priorities For Education Spending, Sue Thomson
Teacher columnist - Sue Thomson
In my last column I examined secondary school teacher and principal views on resourcing issues that hinder quality teaching, as revealed by the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS). What, then, do these teachers see as the spending priorities for Australian education? And are the priorities different in primary schools?