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Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters

Effective teaching methods

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Promoting Long-Term Learning Progress, Geoff N. Masters Ao Apr 2017

Promoting Long-Term Learning Progress, Geoff N. Masters Ao

Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters

How well do we help students recognise and reflect on the long-term progress they make at school? Could progress in school mathematics learning be more like progress in music learning? Professor Geoff Masters AO discusses.


Focus On The Larger Purpose Of Schooling And Improvement May Follow, Geoff N. Masters Ao Feb 2017

Focus On The Larger Purpose Of Schooling And Improvement May Follow, Geoff N. Masters Ao

Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters

Success in schools may best be achieved not by pursuing it directly, but as a ‘side-effect’ of an unwavering dedication to the larger educational purpose, writes Professor Geoff Masters AO.


A Commitment To Growth, Geoff N. Masters Ao Oct 2016

A Commitment To Growth, Geoff N. Masters Ao

Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters

Students begin each school year at very different stages in their learning and development. Nevertheless, every student should be expected to make excellent progress in their learning regardless of their starting point, Professor Geoff Masters AO writes.


Is There Another Way To Think About Schooling?, Geoff N. Masters Ao Apr 2016

Is There Another Way To Think About Schooling?, Geoff N. Masters Ao

Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters

There is a well-established way of thinking about schooling. But is there another way? Professor Geoff Masters AO discusses.


Challenging Our Most Able Students, Geoff N. Masters Ao May 2015

Challenging Our Most Able Students, Geoff N. Masters Ao

Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters

Professor Geoff Masters AO discusses identifying and addressing the needs of individual learners in Australian schools.


Essential Teaching Practices – Do They Exist?, Geoff N. Masters Dec 2014

Essential Teaching Practices – Do They Exist?, Geoff N. Masters

Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters

Professor Geoff Masters discusses several practices that he would advance are part of the generic ‘essence’ of effective teaching.