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Assessment And Analytical Framework: Standardised Teacher Assessment And Review, Priyanka Sharma
Assessment And Analytical Framework: Standardised Teacher Assessment And Review, Priyanka Sharma
Teaching standards and teacher evaluation
The Standardised Teacher Assessment and Review (STAR) assessment framework provide operational definitions and understanding of the key aspects of teacher competencies measured by STAR. It details on how these competencies are measured, enabling necessary decisions related with teacher proficiency. The framework establishes parameters for test development through a principled design approach and defines the scope of content for the assessment instrument organised into four domains and 12 strands. The subsequent sections describe the detailed content related to each domain, ensuring comprehensive coverage and clarity in the assessment process. The robust structure not only supports the integrity of the assessment but …
Infographic: Teaching Hours Around The World, Andrew Broadley
Infographic: Teaching Hours Around The World, Andrew Broadley
Teacher infographics
How many hours do you spend teaching each year? How do you think it compares to your peers in Poland, Korea, or New Zealand? In today’s infographic, we share the annual teaching hours of primary and upper secondary teachers in Australia and around the world.
Infographic: Pisa 2022 Insights – Educational And Instructional Leadership, Jo Earp
Infographic: Pisa 2022 Insights – Educational And Instructional Leadership, Jo Earp
Teacher infographics
The OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) includes a principal questionnaire. Today’s infographic looks at the percentages of principals by Australian state and territory (and the OECD average) who reported participating at least once a week in 7 stated educational and instructional leadership behaviours.
Infographic: What Do Your Students Know About Money?, Andrew Broadley
Infographic: What Do Your Students Know About Money?, Andrew Broadley
Teacher infographics
According to PISA 2022, despite the majority of 15-year-old students already being consumers of financial products and services, many still lack the skills and knowledge needed to make sound financial decisions. In this infographic we look at the financial terms students are learning in school.
Infographic: World Teacher’S Day 2024 – What You Love About Teaching, Dominique Russell
Infographic: World Teacher’S Day 2024 – What You Love About Teaching, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
Today is World Teacher’s Day in Australia. The annual day is celebrated throughout October across the globe. In our latest annual reader survey, we asked you to tell us what you love about your role, and in this infographic, we share some responses from our readers around the world.
Infographic: Learning Beyond The Classroom, Dominique Russell
Infographic: Learning Beyond The Classroom, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
When you’re planning a unit of work for your students, there may be opportunities to include a local trip to support the learning outcomes. Recent research from ACER shows the most popular local learning destinations in Australia and New Zealand for some schools participating in Children’s University, a program designed to engage students aged 5-18 in out-of-school learning enrichment activities.
Infographic: Closing The Gap Report 2024, Dominique Russell
Infographic: Closing The Gap Report 2024, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
Australia's latest Closing the Gap Report communicates progress towards government targets to achieve equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in areas like education, health and employment. Here are some of the education results and how they compare to the baseline year data.
Infographic: Creative Thinking In Classrooms – Encouragement + Time, Jo Earp
Infographic: Creative Thinking In Classrooms – Encouragement + Time, Jo Earp
Teacher infographics
Do you encourage your students to come up with original answers? Do you also give them enough time to be creative in assignments? Our latest infographic looks at data from the PISA 2022 creative thinking questionnaire. We look at 10 of the participating countries and economies, and the percentage of students who agreed with the 2 statements about encouragement and time.
Improving Educator Readiness To Support Student Mental Health, Anna Dabrowski, Michelle Hsien, Tamara Van Der Zant, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, Amy Berry, Maya Conway, Yung Nietschke
Improving Educator Readiness To Support Student Mental Health, Anna Dabrowski, Michelle Hsien, Tamara Van Der Zant, Syeda Kashfee Ahmed, Amy Berry, Maya Conway, Yung Nietschke
Wellbeing
This project used a mixed-method approach to understand educator readiness to support student mental health across early childhood, school based, and tertiary settings. The study features educators and relevant support staff working with children, adolescents, and adults in formal learning settings. Relevant experts such as mental health care workers, youth wellbeing support staff, counsellors, psychologists, and other professionals involved in education settings were also invited to take part in the study. Three research questions guided the focus of the study: How does educator anxiety and worry impact on their ability to support student mental health? To what extent are educators …
Infographic: Climate Change Education Around The World, Max Hughes
Infographic: Climate Change Education Around The World, Max Hughes
Teacher infographics
Climate change education provides students with the knowledge required to understand and practice climate action. Several UNESCO studies offer international insights into what students know, how confident teachers are on the topic, teacher training plans and current curriculum content. Find out more in this infographic.
Infographic: Australian School Growth, Dominique Russell
Infographic: Australian School Growth, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
The annual Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report on the number of schools, students and staff across Australia in 2023 has been released. In this infographic, we look at some of the latest figures and compare them to the same figures recorded for 2022.
Putting Creative Thinking At The Core Of The English School Curriculum: An Exploratory Study, Sladana Krstic
Putting Creative Thinking At The Core Of The English School Curriculum: An Exploratory Study, Sladana Krstic
Assessment and Reporting
Across much of the world, in more than 20 educational jurisdictions, the ability to think creatively is seen as a core aspect of what it is to be a successful learner today and, consequently, it has been included within various national curricula (Taylor et al., 2020). In England this is not yet the case, despite strong arguments being made for creative thinking being a core part of the curriculum in the Durham Commission on Creativity and Education (2019). In 2023 Rethinking Assessment and ACER UK conducted an exploratory study to examine the feasibility of integrating creative thinking into five subjects …
My 13th Teacher Alphabet, Jo Earp
My 13th Teacher Alphabet, Jo Earp
Teacher infographics
What do you need information on? Explicit instruction? Design thinking? Scientific literacy? Student anxiety? The 13th Teacher alphabet brings you quick links to popular content that you might find useful. Download the PDF for a hyperlinked version so you can access the content for each letter.
Infographic: Finding The Digital Learning ‘Sweet Spot’, Andrew Broadley
Infographic: Finding The Digital Learning ‘Sweet Spot’, Andrew Broadley
Teacher infographics
According to mathematics performance data from the OECD's PISA 2022 report, students that spend time at school learning on digital devices outperform students that don't. But how much time is too much time? In today’s infographic, we look at student mathematics scores across the OECD and Australia by hours spent on digital learning at school.
Learning Through Play At School Ukraine: Final Research Report (Ukrainian Version), Rachel Parker, Amy Berry, David Jeffries, Prue Anderson, Oksana Zabolotna
Learning Through Play At School Ukraine: Final Research Report (Ukrainian Version), Rachel Parker, Amy Berry, 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 …
Learning Through Play At School: Ukraine, 2019-2024 (Ukrainian Version), Rachel Parker, Amy Berry, Kellie Picker, David Jeffries, Prue Anderson, Oksana Zabolotna
Learning Through Play At School: Ukraine, 2019-2024 (Ukrainian Version), 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 …
Infographic: Careers And Future Study Support In Schools, Dominique Russell
Infographic: Careers And Future Study Support In Schools, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
Recent research provides insights into careers education and activities that Australian students have access to at school to support their preparation for the future. The data was collected from 259 schools and in this infographic, we compare the findings for schools with a career counsellor and schools with no specific career counsellor.
Infographic: Teenagers Reading For Pleasure, Max Hughes
Infographic: Teenagers Reading For Pleasure, Max Hughes
Teacher infographics
A Deakin University study delves into secondary school students’ reading habits and explores the prevalence of reading for pleasure amongst teenagers. In this infographic we share some of the findings.
Learning Through Play At School Ukraine: Final Research Report, Rachel Parker, Amy Berry, Kellie Picker, David Jeffries, Prue Anderson, Oksana Zabolotna
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Pisa Capacity Needs Assessment: Ecuador, Ian Teo
Pisa Capacity Needs Assessment: Ecuador, Ian Teo
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
This report presents detailed findings of a Capacity Needs Assessment (CNA) for Ecuador, carried out to gain information about Ecuador’s capacity assets and needs to implement the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2025 successfully. The capacity assets and needs are structured into three dimensions: the enabling environment, the organisational level, and the individual level. Questionnaires for each level are included.
Lesson Observation Record Classroom Observation Training Package, Hilary Hollingsworth, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity
Lesson Observation Record Classroom Observation Training Package, Hilary Hollingsworth, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity
Education Analytics Service
This Lesson Observation Record is part of a classroom observation training package developed by the Australian Council of Educational Research to enable those observing early primary classes to make consistent and reliable observations. It is based on a purpose-built classroom observation tool developed to collect data on changes to teaching practice and a training program for local researchers. Observers use the Lesson Observation Record to note their observations.
Teachers And Technology In The Pacific, Anna Dabrowski, Yung Nietschke, Elizabeth Cassity
Teachers And Technology In The Pacific, Anna Dabrowski, Yung Nietschke, Elizabeth Cassity
International Education Research
Although digital literacy is increasing in the Pacific region, access to educational technologies within the education sector remains inconsistent for both teachers and their students. This report presents an analysis of current practices that support technology integration in the classroom, with a particular focus on the work of teachers in the Pacific Island states of Palau, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. Based on an analysis of academic and grey literature, and interviews with key stakeholders involved in the implementation of educational technologies in the region, several key findings emerge. Education policies and practices designed to improve the digital literacy …
Codebook For Classroom Observation Training Package, Hilary Hollingsworth, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity
Codebook For Classroom Observation Training Package, Hilary Hollingsworth, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity
Education Analytics Service
This Codebook is part of a classroom observation training package developed by the Australian Council of Educational Research to enable those observing early primary classes to make consistent and reliable observations. It is based on a purpose-built classroom observation tool developed to collect data on changes to teaching practice and a training program for local researchers. The Codebook offers detailed descriptions of the items to be observed during a lesson, including examples of relevant actions or activities. Observers use the Codebook to make decisions when coding.