Category: Secondary
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Maths teachers can help students avoid financial pitfalls in the future
First published by EducationHQ. Following recent scrutiny of the banking sector by a Royal Commission, there have been calls to end the practice of allowing a financial institution, such as the Commonwealth Bank, to “invite itself” into primary school classrooms through schemes such as the “Dollarmites” children’s banking project. The bad press directed at the big…
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How positive psychology can improve teachers’ well-being
Teacher well-being has been in the news recently, with Education Minister Dan Tehan saying teachers must be better trained to deal with the pressure of difficult classrooms and the physical and verbal abuse they experience. This month, the ABC reported that teachers and principals were under increasing pressure as a result of the anxiety epidemic…
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Literacy and numeracy are important, but there is far more to effective teaching
First published in Education Review. Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences in the Primary School author Ruth Reynolds, Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Newcastle Graduates from accredited teaching courses will be required to pass literacy and numeracy tests before they can enter the profession this year. Potential teachers will have three attempts at passing…
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How schools and teachers can benefit from social media
Do teachers use Twitter? According to a recent post, the answer is a resounding ‘yes’! Steven Payne recently asked teachers whether they used Twitter, via the social network. The tweet attracted more than 1,500 likes and over 100 comments. Clearly, teachers consider Twitter to be a valuable method of interacting and sharing ideas with their…
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The books we hope to find in our Christmas stockings
Is there a better gift to find in your Christmas stocking than a book? At Oxford University Press, we don’t think there is. Here is a list of the books that we’d love to receive on Christmas morning (loved ones, take note!). Sophie Rasic Although she’s been popular for decades, I hope to find more…
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Global trends in the teaching of mathematics
By Annie Facchinetti “After 30 years of doing such work, I have concluded that classroom teaching … is perhaps the most complex, most challenging, and most demanding, subtle, nuanced and frightening activity that our species has ever invented … The only time a physician could possibly encounter a situation of comparable complexity would be in…
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Celebrating the anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth with our favourite quotes
To celebrate the birth of Jane Austen on this day (December 16) in 1775, here are some of our favourite quotes from her novels. “Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.” Mansfield Park “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel,…
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Maths trauma is real, but it can be avoided. Here’s how.
By Oxford Insight Mathematics author and lecturer in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at UNSW Sydney, Daniel Mansfield Maths trauma, the issue highlighted in the US edition of The Conversation, is real. If a student never masters irrational numbers then when they come to trigonometry (which involves lots of irrational numbers), they will receive…