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Learning Through Play At School Ukraine: Final Research Report, Rachel Parker, Amy Berry, Kellie Picker, David Jeffries, Prue Anderson, Oksana Zabolotna Apr 2024

Learning Through Play At School Ukraine: Final Research Report, Rachel Parker, Amy Berry, Kellie Picker, David Jeffries, Prue Anderson, Oksana Zabolotna

Student learning processes

The Learning Through Play (LTP) at School Research Study Ukraine was a four-year intervention study funded by the LEGO Foundation and implemented by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and the Ukrainian Educational Research Association (UERA). The intervention was a two-year professional learning program that blended online, and face-to-face learning called the Teacher Innovative Play Program (TIPP). The TIPP was designed based on documented evidence that reports that teachers need opportunities to experiment and reflect to change practice. The study was guided by three research questions which were revised following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian armed forces …


Infographic: Teacher Views On Issues Facing Students, Andrew Broadley Apr 2024

Infographic: Teacher Views On Issues Facing Students, Andrew Broadley

Teacher infographics

How well do you know the issues facing your students? Beyond Blue asked Australian teachers to name the top 3 health issues facing people under 18. In today’s infographic, we look at the 10 most common responses.


Infographic: Comparing The Length Of Primary School Breaks By Country, Andrew Broadley Apr 2024

Infographic: Comparing The Length Of Primary School Breaks By Country, Andrew Broadley

Teacher infographics

Do you feel like you’re getting enough time off each year? Recent data from the OECD’s Education at a Glace report reveals Australian primary school teachers and students have less time off each year than the majority of OECD countries measured.


Infographic: What Support Do School-Aged Children Want To Quit Vaping?, Dominique Russell Mar 2024

Infographic: What Support Do School-Aged Children Want To Quit Vaping?, Dominique Russell

Teacher infographics

Survey data from the Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People has offered new insights into the ideas school-aged children have to offer support to a young person trying to quite vaping. Find out more in today’s infographic.


Infographic: An Average Working Day In Early Childhood, Dominique Russell Mar 2024

Infographic: An Average Working Day In Early Childhood, Dominique Russell

Teacher infographics

Australian research involving 321 educators who directly work with children in centre-based early childhood services involved completion of a time use diary over 10 working days. From the data, the research team created an ‘average working day’, which we share in today’s infographic.


Infographic: Teachers Needed Across The Globe By 2030, Dominique Russell Feb 2024

Infographic: Teachers Needed Across The Globe By 2030, Dominique Russell

Teacher infographics

According to new research from UNESCO, 44 million additional teachers will be needed globally by 2030 to educate every child. In today’s infographic, we explore the key figures from this research, and share the recruitment targets for replacing attrition in primary and secondary schools.


Infographic: Teachers Spending Their Own Money On School Purchases, Dominique Russell Feb 2024

Infographic: Teachers Spending Their Own Money On School Purchases, Dominique Russell

Teacher infographics

The latest 'State of our Schools' survey from the Australian Education Union - conducted in early 2023 - shows that of almost 6,000 respondents, a vast majority are spending hundreds of dollars of their own money each year on items for work.


Infographic: How Valued Do Teachers Feel By Society?, Dominique Russell Feb 2024

Infographic: How Valued Do Teachers Feel By Society?, Dominique Russell

Teacher infographics

A recent study analysed TALIS (Teaching and Learning International Survey) 2018 data to examine teachers’ perception of occupational value in 28 OECD countries. The findings show an overwhelming majority feel undervalued in almost all countries. Here, we look at teachers’ perception of their overall occupational value, and drill down into 4 specific aspects.


Learning Through Play At School: Ukraine, 2019-2024, Rachel Parker, Amy Berry, Kellie Picker, David Jeffries, Prue Anderson, Oksana Zabolotna Jan 2024

Learning Through Play At School: Ukraine, 2019-2024, Rachel Parker, Amy Berry, Kellie Picker, David Jeffries, Prue Anderson, Oksana Zabolotna

Student learning processes

The Learning Through Play at School Research Study Ukraine was a four-year longitudinal intervention study funded by the LEGO Foundation and implemented by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and the Ukrainian Educational Research Association (UERA). The study was implemented between 2019 and 2024, during COVID-19 and the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian armed forces. Despite, at times, insurmountable challenges, the professional learning intervention was successful in supporting most teachers to progress from a surface level understanding of learning through play to a deep level. In addition, almost all children’s literacy and social-emotional skills grew significantly from start …