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Enhancing The Quality Of Teaching And Learning In Australian Schools : Submission To The Senate Inquiry On Teaching And Learning (Maximising Our Investment In Australian Schools), Geoff N. Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
International research identifies several steps that governments can take to enhance the quality of teaching and learning, and thus levels of student achievement and wellbeing, in primary and secondary schools. The steps are: 1. Restrict and raise the quality of student intakes to teacher education 2. Set and confirm the achievement of minimum standards for registration 3. Recognise and reward the development of specialist knowledge and skill
Put Assessment Reform In The Must-Do Basket, Geoff Masters
Put Assessment Reform In The Must-Do Basket, Geoff Masters
Prof Geoff Masters AO
The reform of assessment thinking and practice has the potential to lead and drive improvements in teaching and learning, but assessment reform is likely to be difficult without broader educational reforms. For example, assessment to establish where individuals are in their learning is largely pointless if teachers intend to deliver exactly the same content to all students in a class regardless of their current levels of achievement.