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Five Challenges In Australian School Education, Geoff N. Masters Ao
Five Challenges In Australian School Education, Geoff N. Masters Ao
Policy Insights
There is no shortage of challenges in school education. Some of the biggest challenges we face can appear frustratingly intractable. Despite reform efforts, regular government reviews and ongoing calls for change, progress in addressing our most significant challenges is often slow and solutions continue to elude us. In this paper Professor Geoff Masters discusses five significant challenges facing school education.
- Equipping students for the 21st Century, including by increasing reading, mathematical and scientific literacy levels;
- Reducing disparities between Australia's schools, particularly along socioeconomic lines, by ensuring that every student has access to an excellent school and excellent teaching;
- Reducing the …
Getting All Children Off To A Good Start, Geoff N. Masters Ao
Getting All Children Off To A Good Start, Geoff N. Masters Ao
Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters
One of the biggest challenges we face in improving quality and equity in our schools is to better address the learning needs of the many children who, on entry to school, are at risk of being locked into trajectories of long-term low achievement, writes Professor Geoff Masters AO.
The ‘Long Tail’ Of Underachievement, Geoff N. Masters Ao
The ‘Long Tail’ Of Underachievement, Geoff N. Masters Ao
Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters
One of the biggest challenges educators face is to find better ways to meet the learning needs of the many students who fall behind in our schools, fail to meet year-level expectations (often year after year) and, as a consequence, become increasingly disengaged, writes Professor Geoff Masters AO.